Oarisma poweshiek

Oarisma poweshiek

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Oarisma
Species:
O. poweshiek
Binomial name
Oarisma poweshiek
(Parker, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia powesheik
  • Thymelicus powesheik

Oarisma poweshiek, the Poweshiek skipperling, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). The range of this species in Canada is restricted to southeastern Manitoba, and in the United States it historically ranged from the Dakotas to the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.