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Arogos Skipper Atrytone arogos

Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos)

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Butterfly: Wingspan: 1 - 1½ inches (2.9 - 3.7 cm). Underside of wings are orange. Upperside is yellow orange with black borders. A distinctive tuft of orange shoulder hairs are present. The thorax is greenish.

Egg: Cream-colored. Encircled by two irregular-shaped red bands. Deposited singly under host plant leaves.

Caterpillar: Light green with dark green dorsal line.  Collar tan. Head light tan with orange-brown verticle lines.

Chrysalis: Pale yellow.  Wing cases and abdomen lighter.

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The Arogos Skipper is extremely rare in Alabama, if it occurs. The last reported sighting was in Mobile County in 1993. It is often confused with the closely-related and more commonly encountered Delaware Skipper.

Distribution and Abundance

A dot on the county map indicates that there is at least one documented record of the species within that county. In some cases, a species may be common throughout the county, in others it may be found in only a specific habitat. The High Count information shows the highest numbers recorded for this species as well as when and where they occurred.

The sightings bar graphs depict the timing of flight(s) within each of three geographic regions. Place your cursor on a bar within the graph to see the number of individuals recorded during that period.

The abundance calendar displays the total number of individuals recorded within each week of the month. Both the graphs and the calendar are on based data collection that began in 2000.

The records analyzed here are only a beginning. As more data is collected, these maps and graphs will paint a more accurate picture of distribution and abundance in Alabama. Submit your sightings to albutterflyatlas@gmail.com.

Sightings in the following counties: Mobile

  • Map Symbol for Recent Sightings Sightings in the past 5 years
  • Map Symbol for Semi-Recent Sightings Sightings in the past 5 - 10 years
  • Map Symbol for Old Sightings Sightings more than 10 years ago

High count(s):

  • 1 - Mobile - 9/2/1993
County Distribution Map

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Habitat

Along the eastern coast of the U. S., the preferred habitat is wet pine savannas, regenerating burn sites, and roadsides.

In the midwestern U. S., Arogos Skippers prefer grassy fields.

Host and Nectar Plants

In other states, reported host plants are Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparius) and Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi).