Pellicia arina: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Pellicia
- Species
- Pellicia arina
- Scientific Name
- Pellicia arina
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pellicia arina
Pellicia arina, the glazed pellicia, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama north through Central America to northern Mexico. Rare strays are found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
The wingspan is 25–38 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April and June to December in southern Texas. In Mexico and Central America, adults are on wing in July and from October to February.
The larval host is unknown. Adults probably feed on flower nectar.
...Pellicia arina in languages:
- English
- Glazed Pellicia
- English
- Glazed Tufted-Skipper
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