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 12, 2004
Submitted by: khemeon (Hemeon, Kevin)
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (VBS staff)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jan 01, 1989
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (DeMasi)
Region: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 21, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (DeMasi, V. O.)
Region: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 16, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pilcher, Roy)
Region: Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (VBS staff)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 03, 1998
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wallstrom, G. K.)
Region: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 14, 2007
Submitted by: khemeon (Hemeon, Kevin)
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hemeon, Kevin)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 11, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Hoag, David)
Region: Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hoag, David)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 09, 1995
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack)
Region: Gratiot County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 19, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack with Jim Granlund, D. Powell)
Region: Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 01, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Perkins, Owen A.)
Region: Delta County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 09, 2004
Submitted by: khemeon (Hemeon, Kevin)
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (VBS staff)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jan 01, 1970
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Muller)
Region: New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 01, 1995
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wagner, D. L.)
Region: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 02, 2004
Submitted by: khemeon (Hemeon, Kevin)
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hemeon, Kevin)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 02, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Hoag, David)
Region: Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hoag, David)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 20, 2005
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Hoag, David)
Region: Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hoag, David)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 04, 1997
Submitted by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Region: Kent County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 10, 1998
Submitted by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Region: Kent County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 01, 2000
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Mueller, Steven)
Region: Kent County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 31, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Collins, Brendan)
Region: Addison County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (VBS staff)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 06, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Hoag, David)
Region: Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (VBS staff)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jan 01, 1993
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wagner)
Region: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 14, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wagner, D. L.)
Region: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gall, L.; Wagner, D.; O'Donnell, J.)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 16, 2007
Submitted by: khemeon (Hemeon, Kevin)
Region: Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hemeon, Kevin)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
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