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GIANT SKIPPERS : Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Megathymi- nae

Yucca Giant-: yuccae Host: ( aloifolia, Y. gloriosa, Y. fila- mentosa, Y. flaccida) Carolina Satyr S. Pearly-eye

Gemmed Satry ’s Wood-Satyr Horace’s by Gosse Silver-spotted Skipper nectaring on pickerlweed need native host to complete SATYRS their life cycle. The larvae of many can Family: , Subfamily: only survive on specific plants; think of mon- Southern Pearly-eye: portlandia * archs and milkweeds, longwings and passion- Host: Switchcane ( tecta) flowers. The host plants listed here are native to the coastal region of & South Caro- Creole Pearly Eye: Enodia creola Delaware Skipper Long-tailed Skipper Host: Switchcane () lina. They provide a critical link for butterfly survival. Protect native plants in your landscape Appalachian Brown: Satyrodes appalachia and grow them in your gardens to support Host: spp., spp. these important pollinators. Gemmed Satyr: gemma * Host: Woodoats (Chasmanthium laxum, C. ses- siliflorum) Sachem Skipper Whirlabout Skipper Carolina Satyr: * Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum)

Georgia Satyr: Neonympha areolata Host: Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense), Sedges () Checkered Skipper Provided by Coastal WildScapes Little Wood Satyr: Megisto cymela * Twin-spotted Skipper Lace-winged Roadside (www.coastalwildscapes.org) Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum)

Viola’s Wood-Satyr: Megisto viola * Host: Longleaf Woodoats (Chasmanthium sessili- in cooperation with the St. Catherines Island Foundation. Coastal Butterflies florum), St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Research, Design & Photographs by Christa F. Hayes. Illustrations by Philip Henry Gosse circa 1838 & Host Plants Common Wood-Nymph: Cercyonis pegala Host: Bluestems (Andropogon spp.), Purpletop Coastal Butterflies: Swallowtails to Brushfoots Clouded Skipper Yucca Giant-Skipper Skippers to Satyrs ( flavus) is available at www.coastalwildscapes.org Wild Indigo Duskywing: Tawny-edged Skipper: themistocles Broad-winged Skipper: viator COASTAL BUTTERFLIES Host: Rattleweed (Baptisia tinctoria), Lupine (Lu- Host: Panic Grasses (Dichanthelium & Host: Tall Cordgrass ( cynosuroides), Gi- Skippers to Satyrs pinus perennis), Crown Vetches (Vicia acutifolia, V. spp.) ant Cutgrass () * Butterflies documented on St. Catherines Island caroliniana) SKIPPERS: Family: Hesperiidae Crossline Skipper: Yehl Skipper: Schizachyrium sco- Arundinaria tecta Common Checkered-Skipper: communis* Host: Little Bluestem Grass ( Host: Switchcane ( ) SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS parium), Purpletop () Malvaceae Family: Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Pyrginae Host: Mallows & ( spp.) Aaron’s Skipper: Whirlabout: * Host: Salt Grass (), Smooth Silver-spotted Skipper: clarus * Tropical Checkered-Skipper: * Host: Burmudagrass (), Thin Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) Host: Black Locust (), Tall Host: Mallows & Hibiscus (Malvaceae spp.) (Paspalum setaceum), St. Augustine Indigo Bush (Amphora fruticosa), American Wis- (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Palmetto Skipper: arpa * teria () Common Sootywing: catullus Host: Saw Palmetto (Seranoa ) Host: Pitseed Goosefoot ( berland- Southern Broken-Dash: otho * Long-tailed Skipper: proteus * ieri) Host: St. Augustine Grass (Stenotaphrum secun- Palatka Skipper: Host: Spurred Buttery-pea (Centrosema virgin- datum) Host: Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) ianum), Atlantic Pigeonwings ( mariana), American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) * Family: Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Hesperinae Northern Broken-Dash: Berry’s Skipper: Host: Switchgrass () Host: Sedges (Carex spp.) Dorantes Longtail: * Host: Spurred Buttery-pea (Centrosema - Swarthy Skipper: lherminier * Little Glassywing: verna Skipper: num), Atlantic Pigeonwings () Host: Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium Host: Purpletop Grass (Tridens flava) Host: Sedges (Carex spp.), Woolgrass (Scirpus scoparium) cyperinus) Northern Cloudywing: pylades * Delaware Skipper: logan Host: , () Clouded Skipper: accius * Host: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Duke’s Skipper: Host: Coast Cockspur Grass (Echinochloa wal- Host: Sedges (Carex spp.) Southern Cloudywing: teri), St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Byssus Skipper: byssus Host: Fabaceae, Lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) Host: Eastern Gammagrass (Tripsacum dactyloi- Two-spotted Skipper: Least Skipper: numitor des) Host: Sedges (Carex spp.) Hayhurst’s Scallopwing: hayhurstii Host: Southern Cutgrass (), Gi- Host: Chenopodiaceae, Pitseed Goosefoot (Che- Rare Skipper: Dun Skipper: * Zizaniopsis miliacea nopodium berlandieri) ant Cutgrass ( ) Host: Tall Cordgrass (Spartina cynosuroides), Gi- Host: Sedges (Cyperaceae spp.) ant Cutgrass (Zizaniopsis miliacea) Confused Cloudywing: Southern : minima * Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper: Host: Fabaceae, Lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) Burmuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) : Poanes hobomok aesculapius * Host: Grasses (Panicum spp.) Host: Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta) Sleepy Duskywing: Fiery Skipper: phyleus * Host: Scrub , Bluejack (Quercus incana), St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) : Poanes zabulon Eufala Skipper: eufala * Turkey (Quercus laevis) Host: Lovegrass ( spp.) & Purpletop Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Sachem: campestris * Grass (Tridens flava) Juvenal’s Duskywing: * Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Twin-spot Skipper: maculata * Host: White Oaks (Quercus alba, Q. austrina, Q. Host: Grasses (Andropogon spp.) virginiana) Brazilian Skipper: ethlius * Horace’s Duskywing: * Host: () Host: Red Oaks (Quercus falcata, Q. myrtifolia, Q. nigra, Q. pagoda) Salt Marsh Skipper: panoquin * Host: Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) Zarucco Duskywing: * Host: Fabaceae, (Lespedeza hirta), Ocola Skipper: * Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), Danglepod Least Dun Byssus Ocola S. Skipperling Saltmarsh Host: Southern Cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides) (Sesbania herbacea)