northern cloudywing

northern cloudywing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thorybes pylades


Taxonomy

Order:

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

 

Suborder:

Glossata

 

Infraorder:

Neolepidoptera

 

Parvorder:

Heteroneura

 

No Rank:

Ditrysia

 

No Rank:

Obtectomera

 

Superfamily:

Hesperioidea (skippers)

 

Family:

Hesperiidae (skippers)

 

Subfamily:

Eudaminae


Status

 

Flight/Season

One brood from late May to mid-July

Habitat

Open or scrubby boreal forest and forest openings and edges

Size

 


Identification

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Larval Food

Legumes (Fabaceae)

 
Adult Food

Nectar from blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, but not yellow flowers.

 
Life Cycle

 

 
Behavior

 


Range Range Map   Sources: 7, 20, 21.
 
Sightings

 

St. Croix Savanna SNA

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Synonyms

 

 
Common
Names

northern cloudywing


 

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