Washington Area Butterfly Club

Butterflies Occurring in the DC Area
by Richard H. Smith

SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS

Species Occurrence Level Flight Time
Silver-spotted Skipper Abundant May through September
Long-tailed Skipper Rare Sept., Oct.
Hoary Edge Uncommon June
Southern Cloudywing Uncommon June, Aug.
Northern Cloudywing Uncommon May, June
Hayhurst's Scallopwing Uncommon June, Aug.
Dreamy Duskywing Common April, May, June
Sleepy Duskywing Rare April
Juvenal's Duskywing Abundant April, May
Horace's Duskywing Common May, Aug., Sept.
Wild Indigo Duskywing Common May, June, Aug.
Common Checkered-Skipper Uncommon April, Sept.
Common Sootywing Common June, Aug.

Spread-wing Skippers | Grass Skippers | Swallowtails | Whites and Sulphurs | Harvester, Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues | Snouts | Brush-footed | Hackberry | Satyrs and Wood Nymphs | Milkweed | Accidental and Stray Species | Extirpated Species



Updated March 29, 2007