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© Photo: Robert P. Dana
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Male Dakota Skippers are tawny orange with a brownish border on the upper side of the wings and an
elongated dark mark on the front wings. The undersides are yellowish orange with paler spots forming a
semicircle. Females are similar but have less distinctive buff coloring and faint markings. They occur only
in native tall-grass and mixed-grass prairie.
Length: 21 to 29 mm ( 0.82 - 1.14 inches )
Did you know?
- After metamorphosis, the maximum life span for this butterfly
is about three weeks.
- This butterfly flies less than one third of a mile during its
lifetime.
- In Canada, they occur in only three isolated populations.
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