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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) » Erynnini » Duskywings (Erynnis) » Zarucco Duskywing - Hodges#3956 (Erynnis zarucco)

Species Erynnis zarucco - Zarucco Duskywing - Hodges#3956

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Zarucco Duskywing? - Erynnis zarucco - female

Duskywing or Scallopwing? - Erynnis zarucco

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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 Erynnis (Duskywings)

Species zarucco (Zarucco Duskywing - Hodges#3956)

Hodges Number

3956

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Thanaos Zarucco Lucas, 1857

Size

42-48mm wingspan

Identification

One of the larger Duskywings.

Dorsal, both males and females have a reddish brown patch near the white cell end spots. Trailing edge of the wings have a pale tan fringe, sometimes white in the Florida Keys.

Ventral, dark with little to no spotting.

The Duskywings are difficult group to separate. Compare with Wild Indigo Duskywing and Horace's Duskywing

Range

TX-FL-VA-OK (several strays to NY, ONT) / Cuba - MPG

Habitat

Found in open fields, forest edges, and open scrub areas with host plants or nectat sources.

Season

3 or more broods, year round in Florida, an March-October northward.

Food

Woody legumes, including several Locusts.

Life Cycle

Caterpillars tie leaves together for shelter. Fall caterpillars overwinter as larva.

Remarks

Type Locality: "habite l’île de Cuba"

See Also

Note the lack of a white spot inside the "wrist" of the forewing that Juvenal's and Horace's have.

Compare with Wild Indigo Duskywing and Horace's Duskywing

Print References

(1) (2) (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Species Page - Jeffrey Pippen, Duke

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies of the East Coast : An Observer's Guide Rick Cech, Guy Tudor. 2005. Princeton University Press.

2.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

3.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.

Contributed by tom murray on 23 October, 2005 - 11:01am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 October, 2018 - 7:20am

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