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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 » Ephyriades » Florida Duskywing - Hodges#3944 (Ephyriades brunnea)

Species Ephyriades brunnea - Florida Duskywing - Hodges#3944

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Florida Duskywing - Ephyriades brunnea - female

Florida Duskywing - Ephyriades brunnea - male

Florida Duskywing underside - Ephyriades brunnea

another skipper ? not sure - Ephyriades brunnea - female

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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 Ephyriades

Species brunnea (Florida Duskywing - Hodges#3944)

Hodges Number

3944

Other Common Names

Caribbean Duskywing

Size

Wingspan 4.2-4.8 cm

Identification

Very south Florida only. Semicircular area near tip of forewing is surrounded by white spots. Female has purple sheen.

Range

South Florida and Keys, also West Indies

Habitat

Pine forests/savannahs.

Season

Throughout year, several flights

Food

Adults take nectar.

Life Cycle

Feeds on Loucustberry, e.g., the threatened Key Locustberry, Byrsonima lucida, and Barbados cherry Malpighia glabra. Larvae live in leaf nests.

Print References

Brock and Kaufman, pp. 286-287 (1)

Pyle, p. 747, plates 265, 280 (2)

Glassberg, p. 154, plate 50 (3)

Scott, #645, p. 487 (4)

Internet References

Butterflies and Skippers of North America

Atlas of Florida Vascuar Plants--Key Locustberry

Works Cited

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

2.	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies Robert Michael Pyle. 1981. Knopf.

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

4.	The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide James A. Scott. 1992. Stanford University Press.

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 August, 2004 - 2:13pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Nick Block
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:08am

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