Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula)

This is one of the rarest widespread butterflies in the Eastern U.S. In NC, it's both local and rare in scattered localities in the coastal plain where native sedges abound. There's one NC lower piedmont record as well, and in 2006 a healthy population (20+ individuals) was discovered in the NC mountains on property that is not open to the public. Two-brooded, NC adults are on the wing in May/June and in July/August.

Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula)
Harnett Co., NC
21 May 2006

	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006 Note the distinctive white line along the bottom edge of the wing. Nectaring on Colic-root (Aletris farinosa)

Female
Harnett Co., NC
29 May , Female
Alleghany Co., NC
2 June 2007

Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Female
Harnett Co., NC
29 May 2005


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Male Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Male Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Harnett Co., NC 29 May 2005	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Harnett Co., NC 29 May 2005


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Female Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Male with aberrant wing marking Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Male Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula), Male Alleghany Co., NC 2 June 2007


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Harnett Co., NC 23 May 2007	Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Harnett Co., NC 23 May 2007


Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula) Harnett Co., NC 23 May 2007

Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula)
Harnett Co., NC
21 May 2006

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