#3119 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Horace's Duskywing
Erynnis horatius
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what is it?
Erynnis horatius , the Horace's duskywing , is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Massachusetts, west to eastern South Dakota, south through most of the eastern United States to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south in the west through south-eastern Utah, Colorado, north-eastern Arizona, and New Mexico.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 37,516 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Horace's Duskywing
- scientific name
- Erynnis horatius
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Hesperiidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 37,516
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Hesperiidae
#2410 📷 7Large Skipper
🇳🇱 Groot dikkopje
Ochlodes sylvanus
LC 👀 830 in NL
#2469 📷 10Essex Skipper
🇳🇱 Zwartsprietdikkopje
Thymelicus lineola
LC 👀 342 in NL
#2666 📷 10Large Chequered Skipper
🇳🇱 Spiegeldikkopje
Heteropterus morpheus
LC 👀 79 in NL
#2667 📷 10Chequered Skipper
🇳🇱 Bont dikkopje
Carterocephalus palaemon
LC 👀 78 in NL
#2679 📷 7Small Skipper
🇳🇱 Geelsprietdikkopje
Thymelicus sylvestris
LC 👀 73 in NL
#2752 📷 8Mallow Skipper
🇳🇱 Kaasjeskruiddikkopje
Carcharodus alceae
👀 53 in NL
#2767 📷 10Common Branded Skipper
🇳🇱 Kommavlinder
Hesperia comma
LC 👀 50 in NL
#2797 📷 8Grizzled Skipper
🇳🇱 Aardbeivlinder
Pyrgus malvae
LC 👀 44 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 50071, Wikidata Q1312597, GBIF 5977216, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.