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The Western Branded Skipper (''Hesperia colorado'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from in Eurasia and north-western Africa, coast to coast in North America in boreal and subalpine areas south as far as Colorado, hence the Latin name.〔(Common Branded Skipper ), Butterflies of Canada〕 The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The flight period is from late June to mid-August in western North America and from late July to early September in eastern North America.〔 The larvae feed on ''Muhlenbergia'', ''Stipa'', ''Andropogon'', and ''Lolium''.〔〔 ==Subspecies== Listed alphabetically.〔(''Hesperia'' ), funet.fi〕 *''H. c. colorado'' (Scudder, 1874) *''H. c. harpalus'' (Edwards, 1881) – Idaho Branded Skipper *''H. c. leussleri'' Lindsey, 1940 *''H. c. mattoonorum'' McGuire, 1998 *''H. c. oregonia'' (Edwards, 1883) – Oregon Branded Skipper *''H. c. tildeni'' Freeman, 1956 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hesperia colorado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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