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	Habitat
	Open or scrubby boreal forest and forest openings and edges


	Biology
	Season
	One brood from late May to mid-July

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


	Larva Hosts
	Legumes (Fabaceae)

	Adult Food
	Nectar from blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, but not yellow flowers.


	Taxonomy
	Order	Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
	Superfamily	Papilionoidea (butterflies)
	Family	Hesperiidae (skippers)
	Subfamily	Eudaminae
	Genus	Thorybes

	Skippers have traditionally been placed in their own superfamily Hesperioidea because of their morphological similarity. Recent phylogenetic analysis (Kawahara and Breinholt [2014]) suggests that they share the same common ancestor as other butterfly families, and thus belong in the superfamily, Papilionoidea.

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	Common Names
	northern cloudywing


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