Mottled Duskywing
Erynnis martialis (Scudder, [1870])
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification: Upperside bands contribute to the mottled appearance of both wings. Freshly-emerged butterflies have a purplish iridescence. Male has a costal fold containing yellow scent scales; female has a patch of scent scales on the 7th abdominal segment.
Wing Span: 1 1/8 - 1 5/8 inches (2.9 - 4.2 cm).
Life History: To wait for females, males perch and patrol on ridges and hills during the day, sitting on the ground or on tips of twigs. Females deposit eggs singly on the host plant. Fully-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: Two broods from April-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Wild lilacs including New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) and redroot (Ceanothus herbaceus var. pubescens) in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of bush houstonia, gromwell, hoary vervain, and other plants.
Habitat: Open woodland, barrens, prairie hills, open brushy fields, chaparral.
Range: Massachusetts and southern Ontario west across the Great Lake states to Minnesota; south to South Carolina, the Gulf Coast, and central Texas. Isolated populations in eastern Wyoming, eastern Colorado, and western South Dakota.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Jun 23, 2016
Submitted by: Christian.Nunes
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Logan County, Arkansas, United States
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Observation date: Jun 13, 2015
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Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: May 23, 2015
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Region: Halifax County, Virginia, United States
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Submitted by: S. J. Stedman
Region: Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States
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Region: Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
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Verified date: Jul 21, 2014
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Region: Bartow County, Georgia, United States
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Verified date: Jun 27, 2014
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Region: Riley County, Kansas, United States
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Verified date: Apr 07, 2013
Observation date: Jun 03, 2012
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States
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Verified date: Dec 01, 2012
Observation date: Apr 01, 2012
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Region: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 02, 2012
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 21, 2011
Submitted by: Christian.Nunes
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: BAMONA
Verified date: Jul 08, 2011
Observation date: Jan 01, 1942
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (unknown)
Region: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jan 01, 1960
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Austin)
Region: Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jan 01, 1903
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Walden)
Region: New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 08, 2010
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: DeKalb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
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Region: Okaloosa County, Florida, United States
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Submitted by: AJ Trently (Allan J. Trently)
Region: Lewis County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 18, 2010
Observation date: Apr 21, 2010
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States
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Verified date: Aug 03, 2010
Observation date: Apr 17, 2010
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Clay County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Aug 03, 2010
Observation date: May 29, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Christian Nunes, Jan Chu, Jean Morgan, Boulder Bird Club)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Christian Nunes)
Verified date: Aug 02, 2010
Observation date: May 30, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Christian Nunes, Nicholas Block)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Christian Nunes)
Verified date: Aug 02, 2010
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