#3139 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul G. Johnson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Paul Bedell · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © dnvarga · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © alchem30 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ron Vanderhoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ron Vanderhoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Regional Municipality of Peel, ON, Canada:© bob15noble · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Regional Municipality of Peel, ON, Canada:© bob15noble · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Caledon, ON, Canada:© Dan Schuurman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Minnesota, US:© Sharon Forsyth · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Euphyes vestris , the dun skipper , sedge witch or dun sedge skipper , is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta, south to Florida, the Gulf Coast and eastern Texas. There are disjunct populations in the High Plains and Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 32,262iNaturalist observations

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.
32,262 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852 (174 years ago).