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Ephyriades arcas

Synonyms: Papilio arcas (heterotypic); Papilio fusconigricans

Wikipedia Abstract

Ephyriades arcas, the Caribbean duskywing, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Central America and the Caribbean, the type specimen being described from Saint Kitts.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Ceiba pentandra (kapoktree)[1]
Echites agglutinatus (babeiro)[1]
Malpighia fucata (palo bronco)[1]
Stigmaphyllon emarginatum (monarch Amazonvine)[1]

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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
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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