Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos arogos)

Very Rare in NC with few known locations in association with longleaf pine habitats. It has two broods: June and Aug/Sep. The NC Arogos Skippers are an endangered subspecies. Duller orange color, smaller size, and disinctly pale veins distinguish Arogos from the similar and related Delaware Skipper.


Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006	Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006

	Carteret Co., NC 28 August 2005


Carteret Co., NC 29 August 2004	same individual

Nectaring on Yellow Balduina (Balduina uniflora)

Carteret Co., NC
28 August 2005

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Created on ... September 3, 2004 | Updated on ... September 4, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu