Silver-spotted Skipper

Epargyreus clarus

 Genus Epargyreus
Subfamily Spread-wing Skippers
Family Skippers
All Massachusetts Species


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Occurrence   Statewide - resident
Abundance Common; maximum 206
Flight Period May 14 - October 12 (mainly late May to early September)
Notes A common butterfly of both garden and meadow
Overwintering Pupa
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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 6/4/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 8/25/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 9/14/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/8/2000
Winchester

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Joe Adams - 8/1/2003
Winthrop

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Tom Murray - 8/20/2005
Oxbow NWR, Harvard

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 6/18/2007
Cummington

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 7/2/2007
Blue Hills, Milton

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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 6/17/2006
Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester

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