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Florida Duskywing (Ephyriades brunneus)

Family: Hesperiidae
FNAI State Rank: S2

Range: southern Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys
Seasonal Occurrence: year-round

Habitat: pine rockland
Host Plants: locustberry (Brysonima lucida)

This species has declined in parts of its population stronghold in the Florida Keys.

Information on seasonal occurrence and host plant in Florida is extracted from Glassberg et al. (2000) Butterflies through Binoculars: Florida, Oxford University Press, and Cech et al. (2005) Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide, Princeton University Press.