Hobomok Skipper
Encyclopedia
The Hobomok Skipper is a North America
n butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family.
This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings. The upper side of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown.
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The Hobomok Skipper has a more northern range and different flight period than the Zabulon Skipper. They also have more squared wings. The upper side of the male Hobomok Skipper's wings has thicker dark margins. The female Hobomok Skipper has two forms; the normal form and the pocahontas form. The upper side of the pocahontas form has smaller glassy spots and has one glassy spot near the fore wing costa.
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n 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.
Description
Similar species
The only similar species in this skipper's range is the Zabulon SkipperZabulon Skipper
The Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon, is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States....
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The Hobomok Skipper has a more northern range and different flight period than the Zabulon Skipper. They also have more squared wings. The upper side of the male Hobomok Skipper's wings has thicker dark margins. The female Hobomok Skipper has two forms; the normal form and the pocahontas form. The upper side of the pocahontas form has smaller glassy spots and has one glassy spot near the fore wing costa.
Distribution
It ranges from eastern Alberta to Nebraska and east to the coasts of Canada and the US.]].Habitat
The Hobomok Skipper can be found in a wide range of habitats such as clearings, woodland edges, woodland openings, and near roads.External links
- Hobomok Skipper, Massachusetts Butterfly Club