Bug FAQRocky Mountain Duskywing
Erynnis telemachus · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Hesperiidae
The Rocky Mountain Duskywing butterfly lives in North America. It is recorded as part of the continent’s native butterfly fauna.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
This species is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its habitat is within North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 8 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Texas, California, Wyoming, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Hesperiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erynnis_telemachus
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.