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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Dicot Skippers (Eudaminae) » Epargyreus » Zestos Skipper - Hodges#3869 (Epargyreus zestos)

Species Epargyreus zestos - Zestos Skipper - Hodges#3869

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Eudaminae (Dicot Skippers)
Genus Epargyreus
Species zestos (Zestos Skipper - Hodges#3869)
Hodges Number
3869
Other Common Names
Florida Zestos Skipper
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Proteides zestos Geyer, 1832
Size
up to 2 inches (1)
Range
Florida Keys / Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands to St. Vincent - (1), BOA
Habitat
Uplands, Tropical hardwood hammocks (1)
Season
year round in s. FL - MPG
Food
Florida hammock milkpea - Galactia striata (Fabaceae) (1)
Life Cycle
Green eggs laid singly on leaves of host. Caterpillar eats leaves and lives in a shelter of leaves tied together with silk. (1)
Remarks
Not seen in the last six years of Florida surveys conducted for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District - Liston, 2013

As of June 2013, considered likely extinct: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Works Cited
1.Florida Butterfly Caterpillars And Their Host Plants
Marc C. Minno, JERRY F. BUTLER, DONALD W. HALL. 2005. University Press Florida.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 May, 2013 - 11:14am
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 11:43pm

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