''Amblyscirtes belli'' (Bell's roadside skipper) is a butterfly of the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

. It is found from eastern Kansas, central

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

and central Texas east to south-west Ohio, central Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina. The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. There are three generations per year. The larvae feed on ''

Chasmanthium latifolia ''Chasmanthium latifolium'', known as northern wood-oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, and river oats is a species of grass native to the central and eastern United States, Manitoba, and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsy ...

''. Adults feed on flower nectar.

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Butterflies and Moths of North America
Hesperiinae Butterflies described in 1941 {{hesperiinae-stub