Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Atlas of North Dakota Butterflies

Uncas Skipper (Hesperia uncas)

  • BND: Uncas Skipper; Hesperia uncas W. H. Edwards, 1863
  • BNA: Uncas Skipper; Hesperia uncas
  • NDC: HEUN
  • Habitat: Native mixed-grass to short-grass prairie hilltops
  • Larval food: Bouteloua gracilis
  • Adult flight: Two broods, June and August
  • References: Royer 31, Ferris & Brown 124, Scott 435
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