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Wallengrenia otho

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Domain
  
Eukarya

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Wallengrenia otho

Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Polites vibex, Panoquina ocola, Atalopedes campestris, Lerema accius, Lerodea eufala

Wallengrenia otho, the southern broken dash, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from eastern Texas and the southeastern United States, south through the West Indies and Central America to Argentina. Strays can be found as far north as central Missouri, northern Kentucky and Delaware.

The wingspan is 24–35 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in two generations (sometimes a partial third) in most of North America. In peninsular Florida and southern Texas, adults are on wing all year round.

The larvae feed on Paspalum species and Stenotaphrum secundatum. Adults feed on the nectar from flowers including pickerelweed, selfheal and sweet pepperbush.

Subspecies

  • Wallengrenia otho otho (Georgia to Mexico and Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Wallengrenia otho drury (Latreille, [1824]) (Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico)
  • Wallengrenia otho clavus (Erichson, 1848) (Mexico to Brazil, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela)
  • Wallengrenia otho misera (Lucas, 1857) (Cuba, Bahamas, Honduras)
  • Wallengrenia otho ophites (Mabille, 1878) (Antilles, Dominica)
  • Wallengrenia otho vesuria (Plötz, 1882) (Jamaica)
  • Wallengrenia otho sapuca Evans, 1955 (Paraguay)
  • References

    Wallengrenia otho Wikipedia