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Species Thessia jalapus - Jalapus Cloudywing - Hodges#3908

Classification · Hodges Number · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Jalapus Cloudywing? side view - Thessia jalapus Jalapus Cloudywing? front view - Thessia jalapus
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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 Eudaminae (Dicot Skippers)
Genus Thessia
Species jalapus (Jalapus Cloudywing - Hodges#3908)
Hodges Number
3908
Pronunciation
I believe the species name is of Mexican origin and so pronounced "ha-LA-pus"
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Achalarus jalapus
Identification
Nearly identical to the more common and widespread Coyote Cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus) but with a pronounced tail or lobe on the inside corner of each hindwing
Range
Mexico south through Columbia, with strays occurring north into southeastern Arizona and south Texas
Habitat
Forest
Season
Year-round in Mexico
Food
Adults are nectar feeders; larval host is unknown
See Also
Coyote Cloudywing

Funereal Duskywing
Print References
Wauer 2004

Kaufman 2003
Internet References
NABA - South Texas

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Nearctica

Mariposas Mexicanas

Kim and Mike on the Road
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 17 March, 2007 - 12:53pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:17am

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