Heliopetes macaira

Heliopetes macaira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Heliopetes
Species:	H. macaira
Binomial name
Heliopetes macaira (Reakirt, [1867])
Synonyms
Pyrgus macaira Reakirt, [1867] Hesperia macaria Leucoscirtes nivea Scudder, 1872 (preocc. Cramer, 1775) Leucochitonea locutia Hewitson, 1875 Leucochitonea eulalia Plötz, 1885 Heliopetes cnemus Godman & Salvin, [1897] Heliopetes locutia Leucochitonea orbigera Mabille, 1888 Heliopetes macaroides Williams & Bell, 1940

Heliopetes macaira, the Turk's-cap white-skipper , is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern Texas in North America, south through Central America to Paraguay.

The wingspan is 32–35 mm. There are several generations with adults on wing from April to November in southern Texas.

The larvae feed on Malvaviscus drummondii. Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

• Heliopetes macaira macaira (Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela)
• Heliopetes macaira orbigera (Brazil, Bolivia)

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America