Erynnis zarucco
Size:
Wingspan is 1 5/8 - 1 7/8 inches.
Similar Species:
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Horace's Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
(spring only)
Habitat:
Hot dry places, sand and dirt roads, openings in longleaf pine/scrub oak
woods.
Range/Abundance:
Common in the sandhills and uncommon
to rare in the mountains, piedmont and coastal plain
Flight Period:
Adults fly from early April until late September in three broods.
Larval Host Plants:
Legumes including Black Locust Robinia pseudacacia
Comments:
Very difficult to tell from Wild
Indigo Duskywing, it is much less marked than Wild Indigo Duskywing,
but about the same size.
The top and bottom photos were taken along the Catfish Lake Road power line in Croatan National Forest in Craven Co., NC on August 06, 2004. The second photo was taken in the Sandhills Gamelands in Richmond Co., NC on July 24, 2004. The fourth photo was taken in the Sandhills Gamelands in Richmond Co., NC on April 20, 2003.
