Staphylus hayhurstii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Staphylus
- Species
- Staphylus hayhurstii
- Scientific Name
- Staphylus hayhurstii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Staphylus hayhurstii
Staphylus hayhurstii, commonly known as Hayhurst's scallopwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from eastern Nebraska east across the southern Midwest to southern Pennsylvania and south to Florida, the Gulf states and central Texas.
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. There are two generations with adults on the wing from May to August in most of its range, from April to September in Mississippi and from February to December in Florida.
The larvae feed on Chenopodium, and occasionally Alternanthera species. The adults feed on nectar from marigold, knotweed, spearmint, wild marjoram, cucumber, dogbane, white sweet clover, and white clover.
...Staphylus hayhurstii in languages:
- English
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing
- French
- hespérie sinuée
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Staphylus ascalaphus
- Staphylus ascalon
- Staphylus ascaphalus
- Staphylus astra
- Staphylus azteca
- Staphylus buena
- Staphylus caribbea
- Staphylus cartagoa
- Staphylus ceos
- Staphylus chlora
- Staphylus chlorocephala
- Staphylus coecatus
- Staphylus cordillerae
- Staphylus esmeraldus
- Staphylus evemerus
- Staphylus fasciatus
- Staphylus hayhurstii
- Staphylus iguala
- Staphylus kayei
- Staphylus lenis
- Staphylus lizeri
- Staphylus mazans
- Staphylus melaina
- Staphylus melangon
- Staphylus minor
- Staphylus mossi
- Staphylus musculus
- Staphylus oeta
- Staphylus parvus
- Staphylus perna
- Staphylus putumayo
- Staphylus saxos
- Staphylus tepeca
- Staphylus tierra
- Staphylus tucumanus
- Staphylus unicornis
- Staphylus vincula
- Staphylus vulgata






























































































































































