Biology:Heliopetes ericetorum

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Heliopetes ericetorum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Heliopetes
Species:
H. ericetorum
Binomial name
Heliopetes ericetorum
(Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Syrichtus ericetorum Boisduval, 1852
  • Syrichtus alba Edwards, 1866

Heliopetes ericetorum, the northern white-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America in the United States from eastern Washington (state) south to western Colorado, southern California and Arizona, and in Baja California in north-western Mexico. The habitat consists of open woodland, chaparral, dry washes, desert mountains and arid lands.[1]

Adults are on wing from April to October.[2]

Larvae feed on the leaves of mallow species, including Sphaeralcea, Althaea and Malva species.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13223574 entry