Sandhill Skipper

Polites sabuleti draco

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Polites draco, the draco skipper, Rocky Mountain skipper, or dragon skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Rocky Mountain states and provinces from Arizona to the Yukon Territory. The wingspan is 21–33 mm.

Distribution

Sandhill Skipper — (c) Bill Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bill Levine · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 199Canada · 160

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bill Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bill Levine · CC-BY DescriptionPolites draco, Wikipedia contributors

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