The Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipper[2]) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States.

[4] The upperside of the female's wings is dark brown with large, glassy spots near the forewing outer margin.

The underside of the female's wings is a brownish-burgundy color with the hindwing having a white streak on the costal edge.

The underside of the male's hindwing lacks the enclosed yellow basal spot.

However, it will occasionally happen as early as 8:20 a.m.[3] Females lay their eggs singly on the underside of host plant leaves.

[4] Recorded food plants of the caterpillars are grasses such as Agrostis, Dactylis, Elymus (syn.