Lerema accius

Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Lerema accius
In Hephzibah, Georgia
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Lerema
Species:	L. accius
Binomial name
Lerema accius (Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
List Papilio accius Smith, 1797 Hesperia monoco Scudder, 1863 Hesperia punctella Grote & Robinson, 1867 Hesperia nortonii Edwards, 1867 Goniloba parumpunctata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Hesperia phocylides Plötz, 1882 Papilio curtius (Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.) Hesperia chamis (Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.) Hesperia dido Plötz, 1882 Lerema lochius

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The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum,^[2] Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.