Achlyodes mithridates

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
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Achlyodes
Species:
A. mithridates
Binomial name
Achlyodes mithridates
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia mithridates Fabricius, 1793
  • Eantis mithridates
  • Achlyodes janus Bell & Comstock, 1948
  • Hesperia tamenund Edwards, 1871
  • Achlyodes papinianus
  • Achlyodes tamenund
  • Eantis tamenund
  • Urbanus vetus thraso Hübner, [1807]
  • Eantis peruvianus Mabille & Boullet, 1917
  • Achlyodes thraso
  • Eantis thraso Godman & Salvin, [1895]
  • Achlyodes minor Comstock, 1944

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)


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