GIANT SKIPPERS Family: Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Megathymi- nae Yucca Giant-Skipper: Megathymus yuccae Host: Yuccas (Yucca aloifolia, Y. gloriosa, Y. fila- mentosa, Y. flaccida) Carolina Satyr S. Pearly-eye Gemmed Satry Viola’s Wood-Satyr Horace’s Duskywing by Gosse Silver-spotted Skipper nectaring on pickerlweed Butterflies need native host plants to complete SATYRS their life cycle. The larvae of many species can Family: Nymphalidae, Subfamily: Satyrinae only survive on specific plants; think of mon- Southern Pearly-eye: Enodia portlandia * archs and milkweeds, longwings and passion- Host: Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta) flowers. The host plants listed here are native to the coastal region of Georgia & South Caro- Creole Pearly Eye: Enodia creola Delaware Skipper Long-tailed Skipper Host: Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta) 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: Carex spp., Rhynchospora spp. these important pollinators. Gemmed Satyr: Cyllopsis gemma * Host: Woodoats (Chasmanthium laxum, C. ses- siliflorum) Sachem Skipper Whirlabout Skipper Carolina Satyr: Hermeuptychia sosybius * Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Georgia Satyr: Neonympha areolata Host: Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense), Sedges (Cyperaceae) Fiery Skipper 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 * Chasmanthium sessili- Host: Longleaf Woodoats ( 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 (Tridens flavus) is available at www.coastalwildscapes.org Wild Indigo Duskywing: Erynnis baptisiae Tawny-edged Skipper: Polites themistocles Broad-winged Skipper: Poanes viator COASTAL BUTTERFLIES Host: Rattleweed (Baptisia tinctoria), Lupine (Lu- Host: Panic Grasses (Dichanthelium & Panicum Host: Tall Cordgrass (Spartina cynosuroides), Gi- Skippers to Satyrs pinus perennis), Crown Vetches (Vicia acutifolia, V. spp.) ant Cutgrass (Zizaniopsis miliacea) * Butterflies documented on St. Catherines Island caroliniana) SKIPPERS: Family: Hesperiidae Crossline Skipper: Polites origenes Yehl Skipper: Poanes yehl Schizachyrium sco- Arundinaria tecta Common Checkered-Skipper: Pyrgus communis* Host: Little Bluestem Grass ( Host: Switchcane ( ) SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS parium), Purpletop (Tridens flavus) Malvaceae Family: Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Pyrginae Host: Mallows & Hibiscus ( spp.) Aaron’s Skipper: Poanes aaroni Whirlabout: Polites vibex * Host: Salt Grass (Distichlis spicata), Smooth Silver-spotted Skipper: Epargyreus clarus * Tropical Checkered-Skipper: Pyrgus oileus * Host: Burmudagrass (Cynodon dactylon), Thin Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) Host: Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), Tall Host: Mallows & Hibiscus (Malvaceae spp.) Paspalum (Paspalum setaceum), St. Augustine Indigo Bush (Amphora fruticosa), American Wis- (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Palmetto Skipper: Euphyes arpa * teria (Wisteria frutescens) Common Sootywing: Pholisora catullus Host: Saw Palmetto (Seranoa repens) Host: Pitseed Goosefoot (Chenopodium berland- Southern Broken-Dash: Wallengrenia otho * Long-tailed Skipper: Urbanus proteus * ieri) Host: St. Augustine Grass (Stenotaphrum secun- Palatka Skipper: Euphyes pilatka Host: Spurred Buttery-pea (Centrosema virgin- datum) Host: Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) ianum), Atlantic Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana), GRASS SKIPPERS American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) Wallengrenia egeremet* Euphyes berryi Family: Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Hesperinae Northern Broken-Dash: Berry’s Skipper: Host: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Host: Sedges (Carex spp.) Dorantes Longtail: Urbanus dorantes * Host: Spurred Buttery-pea (Centrosema virginia- Swarthy Skipper: Nastra lherminier * Little Glassywing: Pompeius verna Dion Skipper: Euphyes dion num), Atlantic Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) Host: Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium Host: Purpletop Grass (Tridens flava) Host: Sedges (Carex spp.), Woolgrass (Scirpus scoparium) cyperinus) Northern Cloudywing: Thorybes pylades * Delaware Skipper: Anatrytone logan Host: Fabaceae, Lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) Clouded Skipper: Lerema accius * Host: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Duke’s Skipper: Euphyes dukesi Host: Coast Cockspur Grass (Echinochloa wal- Host: Sedges (Carex spp.) Southern Cloudywing: Thorybes bathyllus teri), St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Byssus Skipper: Problema byssus Host: Fabaceae, Lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) Host: Eastern Gammagrass (Tripsacum dactyloi- Two-spotted Skipper: Euphyes bimacula Least Skipper: Ancyloxypha numitor des) Host: Sedges (Carex spp.) Hayhurst’s Scallopwing: Staphylus hayhurstii Host: Southern Cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides), Gi- Host: Chenopodiaceae, Pitseed Goosefoot (Che- Rare Skipper: Problema bulenta Dun Skipper: Euphyes vestris * Zizaniopsis miliacea nopodium berlandieri) ant Cutgrass ( ) Host: Tall Cordgrass (Spartina cynosuroides), Gi- Host: Sedges (Cyperaceae spp.) ant Cutgrass (Zizaniopsis miliacea) Confused Cloudywing: Thorybes confusis Southern Skipperling: Copaeodes minima * Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper: Amblyscirtes Host: Fabaceae, Lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) Burmuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) Hobomok Skipper: Poanes hobomok aesculapius * Host: Grasses (Panicum spp.) Host: Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta) Sleepy Duskywing: Erynnis brizo Fiery Skipper: Hylephila phyleus * Host: Scrub Oaks, Bluejack (Quercus incana), St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Zabulon Skipper: Poanes zabulon Eufala Skipper: Lerodea eufala * Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis) Host: Lovegrass (Eragrostis spp.) & Purpletop Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Sachem: Atalopedes campestris * Grass (Tridens flava) Juvenal’s Duskywing: Erynnis juvenalis * Host: St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Twin-spot Skipper: Oligoria maculata * Host: White Oaks (Quercus alba, Q. austrina, Q. Host: Grasses (Andropogon spp.) virginiana) Brazilian Skipper: Calpodes ethlius * Horace’s Duskywing: Erynnis horatius * Host: Canna (Canna flaccida) Host: Red Oaks (Quercus falcata, Q. myrtifolia, Q. nigra, Q. pagoda) Salt Marsh Skipper: Panoquina panoquin * Host: Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) Zarucco Duskywing: Erynnis zarucco * Host: Fabaceae, Lespedezas (Lespedeza hirta), Ocola Skipper: Panoquina ocola * Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), Danglepod Least Dun Byssus Ocola S. Skipperling Saltmarsh Host: Southern Cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides) (Sesbania herbacea).