Myscelus amystis

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Hesperiidae

'The Hesperiidae are members of the Superfamily Hesperioidea. Worldwide in distribution, skippers are richest in the tropics. More than 3,500 species are described, with approximately 275 in North America, many of which are found only in Arizona and Texas. Most skippers are small to medium, usually orange, brown, black, white, or gray. A few have iridescent colors. Skippers have large eyes, short antennae (often with hooked clubs), stout bodies, and three pairs of walking legs . Their flight is often rapid, making wing movement appear blurred. Adults of most species have long probicscises and feed on floral nectar, but some also take up nutrients from bird droppings. Males have scent scales found in modified forewing patches. Males of most species locate mates by perching (grass and giant-skippers), though some patrol, especially in the open-winged skippers. Globular eggs are laid singly.

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Subfamily Pyrrhopyginae

Firetips are tropical species of the Family Hesperiidae. Only the Dull Firetip is found north of Mexico. Although the underside of its hindwing is bright yellow, it is relatively dull compared to the many colorful species found farther south in the American tropics. Caterpillars live in folded leaf shelters . Adults visit flowers and fly in a direct line with their wings beating with shallow-amplitude--a characteristic fairly slow buzzing flight.[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Myscelus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. assaricus (Assaricus Firetip)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Genera insectorum / publiés par P. Wytsman. Bruxelles, L. Desmet-Verteneuil [etc.]1902-1970. url p. 13, p. 13.
• The Macrolepidoptera of the world; a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera, ed. in collaboration with well-known specialists. Stuttgart: Seitz'schen (Kernen), 1906- url p. 848.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 17, 2008:

• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Rancho Grande

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3388273
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-185439.0
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1591288

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=19&sci=Hesperiidae&com=Skippers [back]
2. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Apyrrothrix&search=Search [back]

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