Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Moncini » Vidius » Pale-rayed skipper - Hodges#3991 (Vidius perigenes)

Species Vidius perigenes - Pale-rayed skipper - Hodges#3991

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pale-rayed Skipper - Vidius perigenes Pale-rayed Skipper - Vidius perigenes
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)
Tribe Moncini
Genus Vidius
Species perigenes (Pale-rayed skipper - Hodges#3991)
Hodges Number
3991
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Vidius perigenes (Godman, 1900)
Mastor perigenes Godman, 1900
Size
Tilden (1964) listed the forewing length.
♂ 12-13 mm.
♀ 14-16 mm.
Identification
Godman (1900) states "easily identified from its allies by the longitudinal whitish streaks on the secondaries beneath."

Godman (1900) original description as Mastor perigenes is available online at the link in the print references.
Range
Periodic stray to southern Texas; Mexico to Columbia. (1)
Season
The main flight period in Texas is March to December.
Food
Caterpillars feed on grass species.
Ajilvsgi (2013) listed Setaria spp. (bristle grass) and Stenotaphrum secundatum (St. Augustine grass). (2)
Adults feed on flower nectar.
See Also
Copaeodes minima (Southern Skipperling) has the underside white rays but is yellowish-orange and smaller.(3)
Print References
Ajilvsgi, G., 2013. Butterfly Gardening for Texas. Texas A&M University Press. p. 122. (2)
Coolidge,K.R., 1911. On the genus Mastor Godman and Salvin. The Canadian Entomologist 43: 6.
Draudt, M., 1921. The Macrolepidoptera of the World : a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera 3: 972.
Godman, F.D., 1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana (Insecta. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera) 2: 569.
Neck, R.W., 1996. A Field Guide to Butterflies of Texas. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas. (4)
Opler, Paul A. 1999. Peterson Field Guide to Western Butterflies, revised edition. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. (1)
Tilden, J.W., 1964. Two species of Hesperiidae previously unrecorded from the United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 18(4): 214.
Tveten, J. & G. Tveten, 1996. Butterflies of Houston & Southeast Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 292 pp.
Wauer, R.H., 2004. Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Johnson Books. p. 296. (3)
Internet References
Butterflies of America (BOA)
NABA South Texas
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Western Butterflies 2nd Edition
Paul A. Opler, illustrated by Amy Bartlett Wright. 1999. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Butterfly Gardening for Texas (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series)
Geyata Ajilvsgi. 2013. Texas A&M University Press.
3.Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Roland H. Wauer. 2004. Johnson Books.
4.A field guide to butterflies of Texas
Neck, R.W. 1996. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston. xvii + 323 pp.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 December, 2014 - 9:53pm
Last updated 3 December, 2014 - 1:36am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact