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Amblyscirtes aesculapius
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Amblyscirtes
Species:	A. aesculapius
Binomial name
Amblyscirtes aesculapius (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Hesperia aesculapius Fabricius, 1793 Pyrgus textor Geyer, 1827-1831 Hesperia oneko Scudder, 1864 Hesperia wakulla Edwards, 1869

Amblyscirtes aesculapius (the lace-winged roadside skipper) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas, east to south-east Virginia, south along the Atlantic Coast to northern Florida.

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September. There are two generations per year.

The larvae probably feed on Arundinaria species. Adults feed on the nectar from various flowers, including elephant's-foot, sweet pepperbush, blackberry, white clover, selfheal and dogbane.

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Amblyscirtes aesculapius Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America

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