Dion Skipper
Euphyes dion (W.H. Edwards, 1879)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside of male forewing is dark brown with a central orange area and a black stigma; female forewing is dark brown with light orange spots. Hindwing is dark brown with a wide orange streak. Underside of hindwing is red-brown or orange-brown with 2 yellow-orange streaks running from the base to the margins.
Wing Span: 1 7/16 - 1 3/4 inches (3.7 - 4.5 cm).
Life History: Males have a very quick flight, are territorial, and perch in marshes in the afternoons to await females; sometimes they patrol in the late morning. Third-stage caterpillars hibernate, emerge in the spring to complete feeding, and pupate in nests of leaves and silk.
Flight: One brood in the north from July-early August; two broods in the south from May-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various sedges including woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus), hairy sedge (Carex lacustris), and shoreline sedge (Carex hyalinolepis).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of pickerelweed, sneezeweed, buttonbush, Alsike clover, and others.
Habitat: Swamps, open marshes, and bogs.
Range: Scattered populations along the Atlantic coast from western Massachusetts and southeastern New York south to northeastern Florida, west to northeast Texas, and north to southeastern North Dakota, northern Wisconsin, southern Ontario, and southern Quebec.
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: Aug 27, 2023
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
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Region: Cooke County, Texas, United States
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Observation date: Jun 01, 2017
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Region: Virginia, United States
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Region: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Porter County, Indiana, United States
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Verified date: Jul 15, 2023
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Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 12, 2023
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Region: Wisconsin, United States
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Verified date: Jul 07, 2023
Observation date: Jun 30, 2023
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Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 01, 2023
Observation date: Aug 28, 2007
Submitted by: Russ Wigh
Region: Chatham County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 27, 2023
Observation date: May 20, 2023
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: May 22, 2023
Observation date: Jul 14, 2020
Submitted by: hockeybruce7
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Feb 04, 2023
Observation date: Sep 08, 2019
Submitted by: Martin Reid
Region: Hemphill County, Texas, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 15, 2022
Observation date: Oct 20, 2020
Submitted by: dondubois
Region: Texas, Montgomery County, United States
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Verified date: Oct 10, 2022
Observation date: Sep 17, 2022
Submitted by: Phil.Delestrez
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 19, 2022
Observation date: Aug 27, 2022
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Region: Georgia, White County, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 19, 2022
Observation date: Aug 17, 2022
Submitted by: BL Chaika
Region: Orange County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 12, 2022
Observation date: Sep 06, 2021
Submitted by: H. Wedgeworth
Region: Texas, Montgomery County, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Sep 01, 2022
Observation date: Aug 10, 2022
Submitted by: Colleen K
Region: Robertson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Aug 30, 2022
Observation date: May 15, 2022
Submitted by: H. Wedgeworth
Region: Texas, Montgomery County, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 22, 2022
Observation date: Aug 20, 2022
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Aug 22, 2022
Observation date: Jun 01, 2021
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Region: Virginia, United States
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Observation date: Jul 25, 2022
Submitted by: dave mcelveen
Region: Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States
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Verified date: Aug 01, 2022
Observation date: Jul 15, 2022
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Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jul 31, 2022
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