Poanes viator, the broad-winged skipper, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.

Distribution

It ranges from Texas to Florida and along the east coast to Massachusetts and west to southern Quebec and Ontario to the Dakotas.

Host plants

Larvae feed on Carex sp. and Phragmites australis.

External links

  • , Butterflies of Canada
  • , Butterflies and Moths of North America