Polites draco
| Polites draco | |
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| Polites draco in Banff National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polites |
| Species: | P. draco |
| Binomial name | |
| Polites draco (W.H. Edwards, 1871) | |
Polites draco, the draco skipper, Rocky Mountain skipper, or dragon skipper,[2] is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Rocky Mountain states and provinces from Arizona to the Yukon Territory.[3]
There is one generation with adults on wing from June to early August.[3]
The larvae feed on various grasses. Adults feed on flower nectar.[3]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ↑ Polites, funet.fi
- 1 2 3 4 Draco Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
External links
- Draco Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America