Species Chiomara georgina - White-patched Skipper - Hodges#3942

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References

White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina

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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 Erynnini

Genus Chiomara

Species georgina (White-patched Skipper - Hodges#3942)

Hodges Number

3942

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chiomara asychis

Identification

Each hindwing is brown with a large white patch in the center. The leading edge of the forewing is slightly bent or sickle-shaped. Males have a distinct white patch in the forewing, females' forewings are more mottled. Underside of hindwing is mostly white.

Range

Argentina north to southern Texas and the West Indies, with strays further north as far as Kansas, Nevada, and southern Arizona.

Habitat

gardens, clearings, edges

Season

Year-round. Vagrants north of the usual range are most common in late summer and autumn.

Food

Adults are nectarivores. Larvae feed on foliage of Malphigiaceae including Barbados Cherry (Malphigia glabra) and Gaudichaudia pentandra.

Life Cycle

Larvae create nests by webbing leaves together.

Print References

Wauer, Roland H. "Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley" Boulder CO: Johnson Books, 2004.

Internet References

NPWRC page

Contributed by tom murray on 17 September, 2005 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Joshua Stuart Rose
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 5:04pm

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