#erynnis baptisiae

[humanbyweight]

Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)

[humanbyweight]

Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)

[dendroica]

Wild Indigo Duskywing, Erynnis baptisiae (by me)

This species originally fed primarily on wild indigo (Baptisia), but it became more common after it adapted to feed on non-native crown vetch (Coronilla).

[natureeuphoria-blog]

Wild Indigo Duskywing (?) @ King’s Mill Park, Toronto (May 2016).

The Wild Indigo Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern New England and southern Ontario west to central Nebraska, south to Georgia, the Gulf Coast, and south-central Texas.

The species is rapidly expanding its range and abundance by colonizing plantings of crown vetch along roadways and railroad beds.

[dendroica]

Wild Indigo Duskywing (by Dendroica cerulea)