飴弄蝶（學名：Epargyreus clarus，英名俗名：Silver-spotted Skipper）在台灣譯作銀斑弄蝶，是屬於弄蝶科的一種蝴蝶，是飴弄蝶屬的一種，也是其模式種[1]。廣泛分佈於新北界，北至加拿大，南至墨西哥。模式產地為美國維珍尼亞州羅京安縣。
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成蟲翅膀和體軀背面具有的綠色光澤，展翅寬4-5厘米。幼蟲橄攬綠色，飾有褐色條紋和黃、黑斑點。頭部褐色，具二黃點。[2]
成蟲飛翔時飄忽不定。幼蟲的寄主為豆科植物，包括紫藤屬、皂莢屬、刺槐屬、山螞蝗屬、菜豆屬、甘草屬和百脈根屬植物[2][3][4]。
- - 指名亞種，分佈於加拿大南部至美國及墨西哥[5]
- E. c. huachuca Dixon, 1955
- - 分佈於美國亞利桑那州至墨西哥[6]
- E. c. californicus MacNeill, 1975
- - 分佈於加拿大卑詩省至美國加利福尼亞州及墨西哥[6]
Hübner, [1819]; Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 105 David j. Carter. 世界彩蝶與飛蛾圖鑑. 台灣: 貓頭鷹出版社. 2008, 36.
Pyle, 1981. Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
Pyle, 2002. The Butterflies of Cascadia, 46
Fabricius, 1775; Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent.: 532 Lamas, 2004. Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera, #370a-c
- 20世紀
- Lewis, 1974. Butterflies of the World: pl. 21, f. 32
- Dr. Ross H. Arnett, Dr. Richard L. Jacques. 1981. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects. Fireside.
- Hodges, 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico, #3870
- 21世紀
- Brock J.P. & Kaufman K. 2002: Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York. 383 pp.
- Opler & Warren, 2003 (April). Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
- Weiss M.R., Lind E.M., Jones M.T., Long J.D. & Maupin J.L. 2003: Uniformity of leaf shelter construction by larvae of Epargyreus clarus (Hesperiidae), the silver-spotted skipper. Journal of Insect Behavior, 16: 465–480.
- 近期研究
- Abarca, M., Lill, J. T., & Weiss, M. R. (2019). Host Plant and Thermal Stress Induce Supernumerary Instars in Caterpillars. Environmental Entomology.
- Miranda, T. S. R. (2020). Deciphering the Epargyreus clarus (Silver-Spotted Skipper) Wing Patterning Genes (Doctoral dissertation, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico)). （英文）
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