Berry's Skipper (Euphyes berryi)
Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina.
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Berry's Skipper (Euphyes berryi) |
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| DISTRIBUTION in North Carolina: Known only from a few sites near the coast, in a narrow region between Dare and Carteret counties. Expected only in the lower Coastal Plain, but certainly might occur between Carteret County and Berkeley County, SC. |
| ABUNDANCE in North Carolina: Extremely rare and poorly known. NC lies at the northern edge of the species' range, but even within the range it is one of the scarcest butterflies in the Southeast. |
| FLIGHT PERIOD in North Carolina: Probably two broods, but the flight periods are uncertain. There is a spring flight in Florida and Georgia; in the latter state the records are for the last half of May (Harris 1972). In South Carolina, we are aware of records only for July and August, based on a paper published by Ron Gatrelle in 1975; and the four records of the second brood in Georgia range from July 22 to August 5 (Harris 1972). The NC record of a worn female on August 10 (photo by Steve Hall) would seem to fit this flight period pattern, yet Jeff Pippen and Harry LeGrand, Jr. had a number of moderately fresh individuals from September 14 - 19 in Dare and Hyde counties! (The species does fly in Florida into October, and thus it should be present in SC and GA at least into late September.) Two summer/fall broods seems unlikely. Thus, our best guess on flight periods for NC is a small brood from late May into June, and a moderately long brood from July into mid- or late September. Much more data are needed to solve this confusing pattern. |
Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina. |