Tawny-edged Skipper

Polites themistocles

 Genus Polites
Subfamily Grass Skippers
Family Skippers
All Massachusetts Species
View This Species Side-by-Side With Another Species


Tawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged SkipperTawny-edged Skipper

Click on a thumbnail image to go directly to that image.
Occurrence   Statewide (except Nantucket?) - resident
Abundance Fairly common; maximum hundreds
Flight Period May 18 - September 20 (mainly late May to early September)
Notes "Like Peck's, usually between broods for several weeks in July"
Overwintering Pupa
More info Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website
More info Butterflies of Massachusetts Website

Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 8/19/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Tom Murray - 8/28/2003
Harvard

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Tom Murray - 6/10/2004
Harvard

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 6/14/2006
Amherst
Female

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 6/10/2005
Amherst
Female

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 7/28/2005
Amherst
Male

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 8/16/2007
Montauk Point, NY
Male

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Frank Model - 8/8/2007
Amherst
Mating

Top of Page
Tawny-edged Skipper

Photo by Barbara Spencer - 8/19/2005
Northampton Community Gardens
Male

Top of Page