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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae)

Subfamily Pyrginae - Spread-wing Skippers

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food
Dreamy Duskywing caterpillar - Erynnis icelus Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis Common Streaky Skipper - Celotes nessus - second instar caterpillar - Celotes nessus Caterpillar found on maple - Erynnis Green Caterpillar with Orange Head - Erynnis Columbine Duskywing - Erynnis lucilius Larva - Erynnis funeralis Hesperiidae, Common Sootywing, dorsal - Pholisora catullus - male
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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 Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)
Other Common Names
Flats
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The former subfamily Pyrrhopyginae (the Firetips) has been shown by recent DNA studies, as long suspected by some authors, to not be separable from the subfamily Pyrginae, and is now included under this subfamily as the tribe Pyrrhopygini.
Explanation of Names
"Spread-wing" and "Flats" both refer to the way the wings of most species are held out flat to the sides when the insects are not flying.
Range
World-wide
Food
Assorted dicots in many families, but with Malvaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fagaceae, and Fabaceae perhaps most important.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 1:45pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 28 April, 2013 - 3:57pm

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