Description
The Northern Broken-Dash (Polites egeremet) is a small butterfly with brown wings, a distinctive orange patch on the forewings, and pale markings on the hindwings, commonly found in grassy fields, meadows, and woodland edges across eastern North America.
Range
Statewide.
Similar Species
Southern Cloudywing is similar but with larger wing spots and is a rare stray to Minnesota.
Host Plants
Switchgrasses (Panicum spp) and other grasses
Flight
July