Problema bulenta

Problema bulenta, the rare skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in isolated populations along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, from southern New Jersey and Maryland south Georgia.[3]

Problema bulenta
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Problema
Species:	P. bulenta
Binomial name
Problema bulenta (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1834)[2]

The wingspan is 39–54 mm. The upperside is yellowish orange with black borders. The underside of the forewings is yellowish orange with black on the lower outer edge. The hindwings are yellow without markings. Adults are on wing in May and again from July to September in two generations per year. They feed on the nectar of the flowers of Pontederia species and Asclepias incarnata.