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Astraptes anaphus (Yellow-tipped Flasher)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Astraptes anaphus, the yellow-tipped flasher or dull astraptes, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Argentina, north through Central America to the West Indies and Mexico. Strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The wingspan is 51–64 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and from September to November in southern Texas. There are many flights beginning in March in Mexico. The larvae feed on vines in the Fabaceae family.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Phaseolus lunatus (French Bean)[1]
Pueraria montana (Kudzu vine)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0