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Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper)

Synonyms: Carcharodus radiarus; Carcharodus radiatus; Pholisora nessus; Spilothyrus notabilis

Wikipedia Abstract

Celotes nessus, the common streaky-skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North America from southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas south to northern Mexico. Rare strays can be found up to southern Oklahoma and northern Louisiana. The wingspan is 22-30 mm. There are several generations with adults on wing from March to September in Texas. The larvae feed on several mallow species, including Sphaeralcea and Sida filipes. Adults feed on flower nectar.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

Prey / Diet

Abutilon incanum (pelotazo)[1]
Alcea rosea (hollyhock)[1]
Allowissadula holosericea (Chisos Mountain false Indianma)[1]
Meximalva filipes (texasfan)[1]
Wissadula amplissima (big yellow velvetleaf)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm)1
Pyrgus communis (Checkered skipper)1
Systasea pulverulenta (Powdered skipper)3

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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