''Erynnis afranius'', the afranius duskywing or bald duskywing, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
of the family
Hesperiidae. It is found from northern
Mexico
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through the central United States to southern Canada in the provinces of
Alberta
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,
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
and
Manitoba
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.
[Afranius Duskywing]
Butterflies of Canada
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ...
is 25–31 mm. There can be two generations from mid-May to late August.
[
The larvae feed on '']Lupinus
''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' species, '' Lotus'' species and '' Thermopsis rhombifolia''.''Erynnis''
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References
External links
Afranius Duskywing BugGuide
Afranius Duskywing Butterflies and Moths of North America
Erynnis
Butterflies of North America
Butterflies described in 1878
Taxa named by Joseph Albert Lintner
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