Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)

Common Roadside-Skipper, a reference photo — Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Amblyscirtes vialis (the common roadside skipper) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from British Columbia east across southern Canada to Maine and Nova Scotia, south to central California, northern New Mexico, Texas, the Gulf states and northern Florida.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Roadside-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

Amblyscirtes alternata

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Amblyscirtes
Species: Amblyscirtes vialis

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