Biology:Burnsius oileus

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Short description: Species of skipper butterfly

Tropical checkered skipper
Tropical checkered-skipper (Burnsius oileus) Guatemala.jpg
male, Guatemala

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Burnsius
Species:
B. oileus
Binomial name
Burnsius oileus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio oileus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Pyrgus montivagus Reakirt, 1866
  • Pyrgus adjutrix Plötz, 1884
  • Hesperia syrichtus var. fumosa Reverdin, 1919
  • Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Pyrgus oilus Hübner, [1819] (missp.)
  • Pyrgus oieus Ménétries, 1855 (missp.)
  • Hesperia montivagus Dyar, 1903
  • Pyrgus fumata Reverdin, 1921 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus montivago Randolph, 1922 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus oilius Kendall & Freeman, 1963 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus ajutrix Miller & Brown, 1983 (missp.)
  • Hesperia montivaga Godman & Salvin, [1899]
  • Pyrgus syrichthus Butler, 1870 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrechtus Druce, 1876 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syricthus Gundlach, 1881 (missp.)
  • Hesperia syrichtus Dyar, 1903
  • Pyrgus syrithtus Woodworth, 1913 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus sysichtus Giacomelli, 1923 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrictus Williams & Bell, 1930 (missp.)
  • Pyrgus syrichtos Cardoso, 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]

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

  • Burnsius oileus oileus
  • Burnsius oileus syrichtus

References

External links

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