Skipper Butterflies

According to the website, Wisconsin Butterflies.org, 31 species of Skipper butterflies are found in Burnett county where Crex Meadows is located. These include the Silver-spotted, Hobomok, Long Dash, Fiery and the Mulberry Wing Skipper. In cross referencing sources, the website Butterflies and Moths of North America.org lists only 25 of these, and do not include the Fiery Skipper, Crossline Skipper, Little Glassywing, Mulberry Wing, Broad-winged Skipper, Black Dash. There are possiblities that more species inhabit the area but have not been documented yet.

June 2008. The European Skipper has been documented in Burnett county at Crex Meadows.

The Skippers within the Spread-wing Skipper subfamily Pyrginae, have caterpillers whos host plants range from tree leaves of oak, willow, birch and others to plants such as columbine, and plants in the pea family and others found throughout Crex Meadows.

The Skippers within the Grass Skipper subfamily Hesperiinae, have caterpillers whos host plant tend to be the grasses, including the sedge grasses common on Crex Meadows.

The following list is from butterflies and moths.org and is the list of Skippers from Burnett county where Crex Meadows is located.

Spread-wing Skippers Grass Skipper
Silver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarus Arctic Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon
Northern CloudywingThorybes pylades Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor
Dreamy DuskywingErynnis icelus Leonard's Skipper Hesperia leonardus
Sleepy DuskywingErynnis brizo Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea
Juvenal's DuskywingErynnis juvenalis Indian Skipper Hesperia sassacus
Mottled DuskywingErynnis martialis Peck's Skipper Polites peckius
Columbine DuskywingErynnis lucilius Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles
Persius DuskywingErynnis persius Long Dash Polites mystic
Common Checkered-SkipperPyrgus communis Northern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia egeremet
Common SootywingPholisora catullus Delaware Skipper Anatrytone logan
Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok
Dion Skipper Euphyes dion
Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris
Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna
Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis
European Skipper Thymelicus lineola

The following list is the Skippers found in Burnett County according to Wisconsin Butterflies.org but not found on the above website:

Fiery Skipper - (Hylephila phyleus)
Crossline Skipper - (Polites origenes)
Little Glassywing - (Pompeius verna)
Mulberry Wing - (Poanes massasoit)
Broad-winged Skipper - (Poanes viator)
Black Dash - (Euphyes conspicua)

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