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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) » Pyrgini » White-Skippers (Heliopetes) » Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Hodges#3973 (Heliopetes macaira)

Species Heliopetes macaira - Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Hodges#3973

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Heliopetes macaira Turk's-cap White underside - Heliopetes macaira White-Skipper, maybe Turk's Cap? - Heliopetes macaira Heliopetes macaira Turks-cap White Skipper? - Heliopetes macaira Turks-cap White Skipper? - Heliopetes macaira UnknownButterfly89 - Heliopetes macaira Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Heliopetes macaira - 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)
Tribe Pyrgini
Genus Heliopetes (White-Skippers)
Species macaira (Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Hodges#3973)
Hodges Number
3973
Explanation of Names
Heliopetes macaira (Reakirt, [1867])
Identification
Range
c. TX to C. Amer. - Map (MPG, BOA)
Season
Feb-Nov in s. TX (MPG)
Food
larvae host on mallows (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America
Thomas J. Allen, James P. Brock, Jeffrey Glassberg. 2005. Oxford University Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 16 September, 2005 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Nick Block, David Ferguson
Last updated 31 October, 2016 - 1:55pm

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