- Source: Pyrgus ruralis
Pyrgus ruralis, the two-banded checkered skipper, is a species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae). It is found from southern British Columbia and the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, with populations south to central California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, and one population of an endangered subspecies in southern California, in the mountains east of San Diego. That endangered subspecies is ssp. lagunae, known by the common name Laguna Mountains skipper.
The wingspan is 25–29 mm. There is one generation from April to July.
The larvae feed on herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae, including Potentilla drummondii, Horkelia fusca, Horkelia tenuiloba and Horkelia bolanderi clevelandii. Adults feed on flower nectar.
Subspecies
Pyrgus ruralis ruralis
Pyrgus ruralis lagunae
External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pyrgus ruralis
- Pyrgus ruralis lagunae
- Pyrgus
- List of endangered animals of North America
- List of butterflies of Oregon
- List of butterflies of North America (Hesperiidae)
- List of butterflies of Canada
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of threatened and endangered arthropods
- List of Lepidoptera of Arizona
- List of Lepidoptera of Albania
