The Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 of the Hesperiidae family.

Appearance and Distribution

Common in eastern North American

North American

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 oak woods from southern Manitoba

Manitoba

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 to southern Quebec

Quebec

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 and Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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 southward to Texas

Texas

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 and Florida

Florida

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. This dark brown skipper is larger than most eastern Duskywing

Duskywing

Erynnis is a genus in the Skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the Duskywings.-Species and notable subspecies:Listed alphabetically.*Erynnis afranius – Afranius Duskywing...

s (wingspan: 30 to 37 mm). It has one brood in the spring (May to late June) in the east but two broods in spring and summer in the southwest. Both sexes have two to four white spots on the forewing. The females have greyer forewings and are more boldly marked. Both sexes have two spots near the upper margins of the ventral side of hindwings that are diagnostic of the species.
Larval foodplant: Oak

Oak

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Similar Species

• Horace's Duskywing (E. horatius)
• Zarucco Duskywing (E. zarucco)