(Thorybes pylades)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | not listed |
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NatureServe | N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Habitat |
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Open or scrubby boreal forest and forest openings and edges |
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Biology |
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Season |
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One brood from late May to mid-July |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Larva Hosts |
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Legumes (Fabaceae) |
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Adult Food |
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Nectar from blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, but not yellow flowers. |
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Distribution |
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Sources |
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2/23/2012 | ||||
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) | ||
Superfamily |
Papilionoidea (butterflies) | ||
Family |
Hesperiidae (skippers) | ||
Subfamily |
Eudaminae | ||
Genus |
Thorybes | ||
Skippers have traditionally been placed in their own superfamily Hesperioidea because of their morphological similarity. Recent phylogenetic analysis (Kawahara and Breinholt [2014]) suggests that they share the same common ancestor as other butterfly families, and thus belong in the superfamily, Papilionoidea. |
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Common Names |
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northern cloudywing |
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Cloudywing Skippers Dick Walton |
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