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Pyrgus scriptura (small checkered-skipper)

Synonyms: Syrichtus scriptura

Wikipedia Abstract

Pyrgus scriptura, the small checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found from the Texas to Montana, southeastern Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan. The wingspan is 16–22 mm. There are two generations from May to August. The larva feed Malvaceae spp. and Sida hederacea.
View Wikipedia Record: Pyrgus scriptura

Infraspecies

Pyrgus scriptura apertorum
Pyrgus scriptura scriptura

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.748 inches (.019 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

Malvella leprosa (alkali mallow)[2]
Sphaeralcea ambigua (desert globemallow)[2]
Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Antilocapra americana (pronghorn)1
Cynomys ludovicianus (black-tailed prairie dog)1
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (western harvester ant)1
Pyrgus communis (Checkered skipper)2

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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