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
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 647 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 04, 2020
Submitted by: cblazo
Region: Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jul 05, 2020
Observation date: Sep 01, 2019
Submitted by: schaarschmidt
Region: Haywood County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jun 29, 2020
Observation date: Jun 26, 2020
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 27, 2020
Observation date: Sep 01, 2019
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Haywood County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jun 11, 2020
Observation date: Sep 01, 2019
Submitted by: bjones7777
Region: Haywood County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jun 11, 2020
Observation date: May 23, 2020
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 27, 2020
Observation date: Sep 03, 2011
Submitted by: Pierre Howard
Region: Polk County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Mar 11, 2020
Observation date: Sep 07, 2019
Submitted by: robert.emond
Region: Liberty County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Sep 14, 2019
Observation date: Jul 24, 2019
Submitted by: matt johnstone
Region: Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 30, 2019
Observation date: Jul 17, 2019
Submitted by: Ed Rothwell
Region: Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 22, 2019
Observation date: Sep 11, 2011
Submitted by: Pierre Howard
Region: Camden County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 16, 2019
Observation date: Jun 09, 2019
Submitted by: cliffsmkia
Region: Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jun 10, 2019
Observation date: Sep 11, 2011
Submitted by: Pierre Howard
Region: Camden County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 27, 2019
Observation date: Aug 29, 2007
Submitted by: Pierre Howard
Region: Georgia, United States, Whitfield County
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 27, 2019
Observation date: May 22, 2019
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: McIntosh County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 26, 2019
Observation date: Jul 04, 2018
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Mar 04, 2019
Observation date: Jun 08, 2015
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jan 19, 2019
Observation date: Sep 04, 2018
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Nov 26, 2018
Observation date: Jun 20, 2018
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Jasper County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Nov 26, 2018
Observation date: May 27, 2018
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Nov 26, 2018
Observation date: Jun 02, 2014
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Nov 26, 2018
Observation date: Jun 08, 2011
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Nov 26, 2018
Observation date: Jul 12, 2018
Submitted by: edcope66
Region: Winnebago County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: Doug Taron
Verified date: Oct 04, 2018
Observation date: Sep 05, 2008
Submitted by: Pierre Howard
Region: Cobb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 23, 2018
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