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	Habitat
	Moist grassy areas including prairie swales, pastures, lawns, roadsides, and vacant lots.


	Biology
	Season
	One brood from June to July.

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


	Larva Hosts
	Panic grass and Kentucky bluegrass.

	Adult Food
	Nectar from flowers including alfalfa, chicory, narrow-leaved purple coneflower, red clover, dogbane, and thistle.


	Taxonomy
	Order	Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
	Suborder	Glossata
	Infraorder	Heteroneura
	Superfamily	Papilionoidea (butterflies)
	Family	Hesperiidae (skippers)
	Subfamily	Hesperiinae (grass skippers)
	Genus	Polites

	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.

	Synonyms


	Common Names
	tawny-edged skipper


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