Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863)

Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863)

Poanes massasoit, the mulberry wing, is a North American skipper butterfly with a 22–29 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Poanes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863)

Poanes massasoit, commonly known as the mulberry wing, is a species of skipper butterfly that occurs in North America. Its distribution spans the East Coast of the United States, a small number of states located south and southwest of the Great Lakes, and the Canadian regions of southern Ontario and southern Quebec. The wingspan of this butterfly ranges from 22 mm to 29 mm.

Photo: (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Poanes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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