What is Ancyloxypha numitor?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = Least skipper | image = Skippers-mating.jpg | image_caption = Two least skippers mating | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Hesperiidae]] | subfamilia = [[Hesperiinae]] | genus = ''[[Ancyloxypha]]'' | binomial = ''Ancyloxypha numitor'' | binomial_authority = ([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1793) | range_map = Ancyloxypha numitor range map.PNG}} [[File:Least Skipper2.jpg|thumb|230px|upper side of the wings]] [[Image:Least Skipper.jpg|thumb|230px|underside of the wings]] The '''least skipper''' (''Ancyloxypha numitor'') is a [[butterfly]] in the family [[Hesperiidae]]. It is [[native]] to [[North America]]. They have a weak, bouncy flight.<ref name=rcgt>Rick Cech and Guy Tudor 2005. ''Butterflies of the East Coast''. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. {{ISBN|0-691-09055-6}}</ref><ref name=jpbkk>Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman 2003. ''Butterflies of North America''. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. {{ISBN|0-618-15312-8}}</ref> The least skipper can be found in damp or wet [[habitat]]s with tall grasses.<ref name=rcgt/> In the northern part of the its range, adults may be seen from May to September. In the southern part of its range, adults can be found from February to December. It may be seen all year in southern [[Florida]].<ref name=rcgt/><ref name=dcijasjvc>David C. Iftner, John A. Shuey, and John V. Calhoun 1992. ''Butterflies and Skippers of Ohio''. College of Biological Sciences and The Ohio State University. {{ISBN|0-86727-107-8}}</ref> ==Description== The least skipper has [[round]]ed [[wing]]s and a skinny body. Their [[antenna (biology)|antennae]] are checkered and have no hooks. [[Male]] least skipper do not have stigmata.<ref>A stigma (plural, stigmata) is a thickening of the wing [[membrane]] on the upper side of the top wing.</ref> The upper side of the top wing is dark brown, sometimes having orange on it. The bottom wing is orange with a dark brown border around it