Poanes massasoit
Species of butterfly
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Poanes massasoit, the mulberry wing, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Poanes |
| Species: | P. massasoit |
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| Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1864) | |
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Distribution
It is found on the East Coast of the United States, in a few states south and southwest of the Great Lakes, and in southern Ontario and Quebec.[2]
Wingspan is 22–29 mm.
Host plants
Larvae feed on tussock sedge (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and other Cyperaceae sp.[3]
