Thorybes Confusis

	Thorybes Confusis ''Thorybes confusis'', the confused cloudywing, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Appearance, behavior, and distribution The confused cloudywing is often difficult to distinguish from southern Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ... and northern cloudywings, which it can often be found with. It lives in open sites near woodlands. References Butterflies of North America confusis Butterflies described in 1923 {{Butterfly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo Holometabolism, complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thorybes Bathyllus ''Thorybes bathyllus'', the southern cloudywing (sometimes spelled southern cloudy wing), is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Southern cloudywings can be difficult to identify because of individual variation and confusing seasonal forms. In the south, where it has two broods per year, two seasonal forms occur. Spring forms are usually lightly marked and resemble confused cloudywings ('' Thorybes confusis''). Summer forms tend to be more boldly marked, by comparison, making identification easier. However, summer confused cloudywings are also strongly patterned, which makes identifying them more difficult. Their rapid flight is very erratic, though it is closer to the ground than in some of its close relatives.Rick Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). ''Butterflies of the East Coast''. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Description On average, the southern cloudywing is usually slightly smaller than the northern cloudywing ('' Thorybes pylades'') and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorybes Pylades ''Thorybes pylades'', the northern cloudywing, is a butterfly species of the family Hesperiidae. Description The wingspan of ''T. pylades'' is between 32 and 47 mm. Both males and females have completely dark brown wings except for the small triangular clear spots. Distribution The northern cloudywing is seen from Nova Scotia west across Canada, south into California and across the rest of the United States. Its habitat consist of open boreal woodlands, forest edges, and open fields. Life cycle Adults lay eggs singly under the leaves of their host plants. The caterpillars then will eat till they are ready to pupate at which point they will roll themselves into the host plants' leaves. They fly between May and July where there is only one brood, but in the south they fly from March and September where there are two broods. Larval food Fabaceae '' Desmodium'' '' Lespedeza'' ''Trifolium'' ''Hosackia'' Nectaring flowers '' Apocynum'' '' Prunella'' ''Securigera va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Butterflies Of North America This list contains links to lists with the common and scientific names of butterflies of North America north of Mexico. * Papilionidae: swallowtails and parnassians (40 species) Parnassiinae: parnassians (3 species) Papilioninae: swallowtails (37 species) * Hesperiidae: skippers (300 species) Pyrrhopyginae: firetips (1 species) Pyrginae: spread-wing skippers (138 species) Heteropterinae: skipperlings (7 species) Hesperiinae: grass skippers (141 species) ** Megathyminae: giant-skippers (13 species) * Pieridae: whites and sulphurs (70 species) Pierinae: whites (29 species) Coliadinae: sulphurs (40 species) ** Dismorphiinae: mimic-whites (1 species) * Lycaenidae: gossamer-wings (144 species) Miletinae: harvesters (1 species) Lycaeninae: coppers (16 species) Theclinae: hairstreaks (90 species) Polyommatinae: blues (37 species) * Riodinidae: metalmarks (28 species) * Nymphalidae: brush-footed butterflies (233 species) Libytheinae: snou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorybes ''Thorybes'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae. Species '' Thorybes bathyllus'' (Smith, 1797) - southern cloudywing '' Thorybes confusis'' E. Bell, 1923 – confused cloudywing Florida May be ''Thorybes mexicana confuses'' ''Thorybes diversus ''Thorybes diversus'', the western cloudywing, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae (skipper) family. It is found in the western North America. The range extends along western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain ranges, from southern ...'' Bell, 1927 - western cloudywing '' Thorybes drusius'' (Edwards, 1883) - Drusius cloudywing Southeast Arizona, Southwest New Mexico, West Texas, Mexico. '' Thorybes mexicana'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) '' Thorybes pylades'' (Scudder, 1870) - northern cloudywing ReferencesNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]