Eantis mithridates

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Sickle-winged skipper
Sickle-winged skipper - male.jpg
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Eantis
Species:
E. mithridates
Binomial name
Eantis mithridates
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
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  • Hesperia mithridatesFabricius, 1793
  • Achlyodes mithridates
  • Achlyodes janusBell & Comstock, 1948
  • Hesperia tamenundEdwards, 1871
  • Achlyodes papinianus
  • Achlyodes tamenund
  • Eantis tamenund
  • Urbanus vetus thrasoHübner, [1807]
  • Eantis peruvianusMabille & Boullet, 1917
  • Achlyodes thraso
  • Eantis thrasoGodman & Salvin, [1895]
  • Achlyodes minorComstock, 1944

Eantis mithridates, also known as the sickle-winged skipper or Jung's dusky wing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Argentina, north through tropical America and the West Indies to southern Texas. A regular stray north to central Texas, rarely to Arkansas and Kansas.

Sickle-winged skipper (Eantis tamenund) male.jpg

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. Adults are on wing all year round in most of its range.

The larvae feed on leaves of Rutaceae species, including Zanthoxylum fagara in Texas and Zanthoxylum monophyllum in tropical America. Adults feed on flower nectar.

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