Thorybes mexicana: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Thorybes
Species
Thorybes mexicana
Scientific Name
Thorybes mexicana

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Thorybes mexicana

Thorybes mexicana, the Mexican cloudywing, mountain cloudy wing or Nevada cloudy wing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the high elevation mountains of the western United States south into Mexico.

Subspecies confusis is often treated as a separate species, known as the confused cloudywing or eastern cloudywing' (Thorybes confusis). This subspecies is found from southeastern Pennsylvania west to Missouri, south along the Atlantic Coastal plain to central Florida, the Gulf Coast and Texas. Strays can be found up to southeastern Kansas, southern Illinois and New Jersey.

The wingspan is 29–35 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in). Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Trifolium, Vicia and Lathyrus species. Adults feed on flower nectar.

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Thorybes mexicana in languages:

English
Mexican Cloudywing

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