Achylodes mithridates

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Achlyodidini
Genus: Achlyodes
Species: Achlyodes mithridates
Subspecies: A. m. minor – A. m. mithridates – A. m. papinianus – A. m. sagra – A. m. tamenund – A. m. thraso
Name

Achlyodes mithridates (Fabricius, 1793)

Type localityː "Indiis".

Typusː BMNH
Synonyms

Hesperia mithridates Fabricius, 1793ː 336.
Achylodes [sic] janus Bell & Comstock, 1948ː 9, fig.8.
Achlyodes thraso mithridates (Fabricius); Evans, [1953]ː 177.
Achlyodes mithridates mithridates (Fabricius); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.146, IX.1; Lama, 2004ː 42.

References

Bell, E.L. & Comstock, W.P. 1948. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of American Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1379: 1–23. PDF. Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus:-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls. 1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls. 10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls. 26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 3(1): [vi], pp. 1–487. C. G. Proft, Hafniae. BHL. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.
Warren, AD., 1996. Phylogenetic Revision of the Skippers of the Mithridates Species Group, and Their Placement in Eantis Boisduval, 1836. Annals of Carnegie Museum. web Reference page.

Achlyodes mithridates, the sickle-winged skipper or Jung's dusky wing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Argentina, north through tropical America and the West Indies to southern Texas. A regular stray north to central Texas, rarely to Arkansas and Kansas.
Sickle-winged skipper (Eantis tamenund) male.jpg

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. Adults are on wing all year round in most of its range.

The larvae feed on leaves of Rutaceae species, including Zanthoxylum fagara in Texas and Zanthoxylum monophyllum in tropical America. Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

Note that several of these subspecies are considered species by some authors.

Achlyodes mithridates mithridates (Jamaica)
Achlyodes mithridates papinianus (Trinidad, Cuba)
Achlyodes mithridates tamenund (Mexico, Texas)
Achlyodes mithridates thraso (Peru, Argentina, Greater Antilles, southern Mexico to Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil)
Achlyodes mithridates minor (Puerto Rico, Dominica)
Achlyodes mithridates sagra (Haiti)