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Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis
[Juvenal's Duskywing image]
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS - 2012-05-21
Photo © Peter Payzant
Status in Nova Scotia
Common in southwestern and central NS, scarce elsewhere.

Flight Period
Early May to mid-July. The Maritimes Butterfly Atlas has one early record on 29 March 2010 in Queens County.

Habitat
Wooded areas, roadsides

Larval Foodplants
Oaks

Similar Species in Nova Scotia
Can be confused with Dreamy Duskywing and the much scarcer Northern Cloudywing.

Notes
Ferguson mentions that he saw this species at Lake Kejimkujk commonly in beech woods in 1950, and that there "was no oak in the vicinity".

Further Reading


Juvenal's Duskywing - Spryfield, NS, 2010-05-26
Juvenal's Duskywing - Spryfield, NS - 2010-05-26
2010-05-26
Photo © Phil Schappert
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, 2013-06-10
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley - 2013-06-10
2013-06-10
Photo © Peter Payzant
Juvenal's Duskywing - Roach's Pond, Spryfield, 2014-06-09
Juvenal's Duskywing - Roach's Pond, Spryfield - 2014-06-09
2014-06-09
Photo © Phil Schappert
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS, 2021-05-24
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS - 2021-05-24
2021-05-24
Photo © Peter Payzant
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS, 2021-05-24
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS - 2021-05-24
2021-05-24
Photo © Peter Payzant
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS, 2021-05-26
Juvenal's Duskywing - Waverley, NS - 2021-05-26
2021-05-26
Photo © Peter Payzant