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title: "Wild Indigo Duskywing"
description: "Erynnis baptisiae — Insekten & Spinnen. Erynnis baptisiae, the wild indigo duskywing, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/wild-indigo-duskywing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wild Indigo Duskywing

> Erynnis baptisiae — Insekten & Spinnen. Erynnis baptisiae, the wild indigo duskywing, is a species of butterfly of the  family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Erynnis baptisiae*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 20140
- Wikidata: [Q5396319](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5396319)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58478](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58478)

## Names

- en: Wild Indigo Duskywing
- es: Saltarina índigo de alas oscuras
- fr: Hespérie de l'indigo sauvage

## Countries with the most observations

US (9418), CA (4797)

## Summary

Erynnis baptisiae, the wild indigo duskywing, is a species of butterfly of the  family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from  southern Ontario and New England, west to central Nebraska, and south to Georgia, the Gulf Coast, and south-central Texas.
Host plants include wild indigo, wild blue indigo, lupine, false lupine, and crown vetch.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erynnis_baptisiae

## Photo

![Wild Indigo Duskywing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wild-indigo-duskywing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54408445

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wild-indigo-duskywing?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).