Aaron's Skipper

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Aaron's Skipper | status = Conservation status: Secure | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | familia = Hesperiidae | subfamilia = Hesperiinae | tribus = Poaneini | genus = Poanes | species = P. aaronii | subspecies = P. a. aaronii | trinomial = Poanes aaronii aaronii | trinomial_authority = Skinner, 1890 }} Aaron’s Skipper (Poanes aaronii aaronii) is a North American butterfly from the skipper family (Hesperiidae).

It occurs in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast.

The upper side of the wings are vivid orange, with broad black borders. The underside of the hindwing is a paler orange with a pallid stripe in the center.

The larva feeds exclusively on Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora).

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