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Tmolus echion (Red-spotted Hairstreak)

Synonyms: Papilio crolus; Papilio echion (heterotypic); Strymon echion

Wikipedia Abstract

The Red-spotted Hairstreak or Larger Lantana Butterfly (Tmolus echion) is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Brazil, north to Sinaloa and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Rare strays can be found in southern Texas. It was introduced to Hawaii in 1902 to control lantana. The wingspan is 22-32 mm. Adults are on wing in May in southern Texas and all year round in Hawaii and Mexico. Adults feed on flower nectar. The larvae feed on various tropical plants including verbena, mint and potato species.
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Infraspecies

Tmolus echion echiolus
Tmolus echion echion

Prey / Diet

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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
♦ 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