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

Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Heliopetes macaira - male

Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Heliopetes macaira

Turk's-cap White upperside - Heliopetes macaira - female

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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