Burnsius oileus
Appearance
Tropical checkered skipper | |
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male, Guatemala | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Burnsius |
Species: | B. oileus
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Binomial name | |
Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Synonyms | |
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Burnsius oileus, the tropical checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found in the United States (Peninsular Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas), south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica.[2] It was transferred to genus Burnsius in 2019, and was previously known as Pyrgus oileus.[3]
The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are four to five generations throughout the year in southern Texas and Florida.
The larvae 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
- Burnsius oileus oileus
- Burnsius oileus syrichtus
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Pyrgus oileus Tropical Checkered-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix p.46. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
External links
- Butterflies and Moths of North America Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Pyrgini
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Butterflies of Central America
- Fauna of Costa Rica
- Hesperiidae of South America
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Butterflies of Jamaica
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Butterflies described in 1767
- Lepidoptera of the United States
- Pyrginae stubs