Plains Branded Skipper

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Hesperia assiniboia

Plains Branded Skipper, a reference photo
Photo: Doug Macaulay https://www.inaturalist.org/people/mothmaniac · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Hesperia assiniboia, the plains skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Plains Branded Skipper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Species
Hesperia assiniboia

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