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Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing)

Synonyms: Helias clericalis; Nisoniades australis; Nisoniades funeralis; Phlebodes clericalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Erynnis funeralis, the funereal duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, south to Argentina and Chile. Strays can be found north up to northern Illinois, north-eastern Nebraska, central Colorado, southern Nevada and central California. The wingspan is 34–45 mm. Adults are on wing from March to December. There are three generations per year. The larvae feed on various legumes, including Robinia neomexicana, Medicago hispida, Lotus scoparius, Olneya tesota and vetch Vicia. Adults feed on flower nectar.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.457 inches (.037 m)

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

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit 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