Dion Skipper
Euphyes dion (W.H. Edwards, 1879)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside of male forewing is dark brown with a central orange area and a black stigma; female forewing is dark brown with light orange spots. Hindwing is dark brown with a wide orange streak. Underside of hindwing is red-brown or orange-brown with 2 yellow-orange streaks running from the base to the margins.
Wing Span: 1 7/16 - 1 3/4 inches (3.7 - 4.5 cm).
Life History: Males have a very quick flight, are territorial, and perch in marshes in the afternoons to await females; sometimes they patrol in the late morning. Third-stage caterpillars hibernate, emerge in the spring to complete feeding, and pupate in nests of leaves and silk.
Flight: One brood in the north from July-early August; two broods in the south from May-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various sedges including woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus), hairy sedge (Carex lacustris), and shoreline sedge (Carex hyalinolepis).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of pickerelweed, sneezeweed, buttonbush, Alsike clover, and others.
Habitat: Swamps, open marshes, and bogs.
Range: Scattered populations along the Atlantic coast from western Massachusetts and southeastern New York south to northeastern Florida, west to northeast Texas, and north to southeastern North Dakota, northern Wisconsin, southern Ontario, and southern Quebec.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Jul 14, 2013
Submitted by: dpgbfly1
Region: Isanti County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Oct 11, 2013
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Observation date: Aug 26, 2013
Submitted by: crprice
Region: Ripley County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Oct 04, 2013
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Observation date: Aug 31, 2013
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Sep 21, 2013
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Observation date: Jul 20, 2013
Submitted by: jim8435wisc
Region: Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Sep 17, 2013
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Observation date: Sep 05, 2013
Submitted by: mathgeek
Region: Jackson County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 09, 2013
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Observation date: Jul 11, 2013
Submitted by: jim8435wisc
Region: Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Aug 05, 2013
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Observation date: Jul 09, 2013
Submitted by: Dave Kinney
Region: Wexford County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: elsner
Verified date: Jul 30, 2013
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2013
Submitted by: Colleen62
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 30, 2013
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Observation date: Jun 21, 2013
Submitted by: Joshua Spence
Region: Murray County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 27, 2013
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Observation date: Jul 14, 2008
Submitted by: cheins
Region: Douglas County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jan 27, 2013
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Observation date: Jul 02, 2012
Submitted by: tjantscher
Region: Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jan 12, 2013
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Observation date: May 28, 2012
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kathy Malone, FL)
Region: Colbert County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 01, 2012
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Observation date: Oct 03, 2012
Submitted by: Rose A. Payne
Region: Georgia, Twiggs County, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 01, 2012
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Observation date: Jul 06, 2012
Submitted by: khemeon
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: Kent McFarland
Verified date: Oct 24, 2012
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Observation date: Jul 18, 2012
Submitted by: Appy-Brown
Region: Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: Kent McFarland
Verified date: Oct 24, 2012
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Observation date: Jul 18, 2012
Submitted by: Appy-Brown
Region: Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: Kent McFarland
Verified date: Oct 24, 2012
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Observation date: Jun 26, 2012
Submitted by: khemeon
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: Kent McFarland
Verified date: Oct 08, 2012
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Observation date: May 24, 2012
Submitted by: carolyncaig
Region: Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: lorispencer
Verified date: Sep 12, 2012
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Observation date: Aug 09, 2012
Submitted by: Joshua Spence
Region: Gordon County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 27, 2012
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Observation date: Aug 22, 2011
Submitted by: Naseem Reza
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Aug 08, 2012
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Observation date: Jun 24, 2012
Submitted by: jim8435wisc
Region: Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jul 05, 2012
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Observation date: Jul 25, 2011
Submitted by: Shane Patterson
Region: Jasper County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: Dennis Schlicht
Verified date: Jul 03, 2012
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Observation date: Jul 18, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Tom Gagnon+Betsy Higgins)
Region: Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
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Observation date: Jul 14, 2011
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Tom Gagnon )
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
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