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Black Dash
Euphyes conspicua
Euphyes conspicua, the black dash, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1863. It is found in the upper Midwest of North America, from eastern Nebraska east to southern Ontario and along the central Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts south to south-eastern Virginia. Its habitat includes shrubby or partially wooded wetland.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of various flowers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58522.