Burnsius oileus

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Tropical checkered skipper
Tropical checkered-skipper (Burnsius oileus) Guatemala.jpg
male, Guatemala
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Burnsius
Species:
B. oileus
Binomial name
Burnsius oileus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio oileusLinnaeus, 1767
  • Pyrgus montivagusReakirt, 1866
  • Pyrgus adjutrixPlötz, 1884
  • Hesperia syrichtus var. fumosaReverdin, 1919
  • Pyrgus oileus(Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Pyrgus oilusHübner, [1819] (missp.)
  • Pyrgus oieusMénétries, 1855 (missp.)
  • Hesperia montivagusDyar, 1903
  • Pyrgus fumataReverdin, 1921 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus montivagoRandolph, 1922 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus oiliusKendall & Freeman, 1963 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus ajutrixMiller & Brown, 1983 (missp.)
  • Hesperia montivagaGodman & Salvin, [1899]
  • Pyrgus syrichthusButler, 1870 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrechtusDruce, 1876 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syricthusGundlach, 1881 (missp.)
  • Hesperia syrichtusDyar, 1903
  • Pyrgus syrithtusWoodworth, 1913 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus sysichtusGiacomelli, 1923 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrictusWilliams & Bell, 1930 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrichtosCardoso, 1949 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrichtus

Burnsius oileus, the tropical checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found in the United States (Peninsular Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas), south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. [2] It was transferred to genus Burnsius in 2019, and was previously known as Pyrgus oileus. [3]

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The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are four to five generations throughout the year in southern Texas and Florida.

The larvae feed on several plants in the family Malvaceae, including Sida rhombifolia , Malva , Althaea rosea , Abutilon and Malvastrum . Adults feed on the nectar of the flowers of Sidas species and small-flowered composites such as shepherd's needles.

Subspecies

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Pyrgus oileus Tropical Checkered-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix p.46. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.