Burnsius oileus
Appearance
Tropical checkered skipper | |
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Female, Cuba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pyrgus |
Species: | P. oileus
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Synonyms | |
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Pyrgus oileus, the tropical checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found from Peninsular Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Argentina.
The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are four to five generations throughout the year in southern Texas and Florida.
The larva feed on several plants in the family Malvaceae, including Sida rhombifolia, Malva, Althaea rosea, Abutilon and Malvastrum. Adults feed on the nectar of the flowers of Sidas species and small-flowered composites such as shepherd's needles.
Subspecies
- Pyrgus oileus oileus
- Pyrgus oileus syrichtus
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Pyrgus oileus Tropical Checkered-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
External links
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Pyrgus
- Butterflies of the Caribbean
- Butterflies of Central America
- Butterflies of North America
- Hesperiidae of South America
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Butterflies of Jamaica
- Butterflies of Mexico
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Butterflies of the United States
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Butterflies described in 1767
- Pyrginae stubs