Amblyscirtes
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Amblyscirtes is a genus of butterfly
called skippers
in the family Hesperiidae.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
called skippers
Skipper (butterfly)
A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...
in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
- A. aenus Edwards, 1878
- A. aesculapiusAmblyscirtes aesculapiusAmblyscirtes aesculapius is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas, east to south-east Virginia, south along the Atlantic Coast to northern Florida....
Fabricius, 1793 - A. alternataAmblyscirtes alternataAmblyscirtes alternata is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from south-eastern Virginia south to Florida, west to east Texas....
Grote and Robinson, 1867 - A. anubis
- A. belliAmblyscirtes belliAmblyscirtes belli is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas east to south-west Ohio, central Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina....
Freeman, 1941 - A. brocki
- A. carolinaAmblyscirtes carolinaAmblyscirtes carolina is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from south-eastern Virginia, south to South Carolina, west to northern Mississippi. There are disjunct populations in Delaware, southern Illinois and northwest Arkansas.The wingspan is 29–37 mm. Adults are on wing...
Skinner, 1892 - A. cassus Edwards, 1883
- A. celiaAmblyscirtes celiaAmblyscirtes celia is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Texas, south to north-eastern Mexico. Strays to south-western Louisiana....
Skinner, 1895 - A. elissa Godman, 1900
- A. eos Edwards, 1871
- A. exoteria Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
- A. fimbriata Plötz, 1882
- A. florus
- A. fluonia
- A. folia
- A. hegonAmblyscirtes hegonAmblyscirtes hegon is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia and Maine, west to southern Manitoba, south to Georgia, northern Florida and south-eastern Texas. It is mostly absent from the coastal plain.The wingspan is 25–31 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July...
Scudder, 1863 - A. linda Freeman, 1943
- A. nereus Edwards, 1876
- A. novimmaculatus
- A. nysa Edwards, 1877
- A. oslari Skinner, 1899
- A. patriciae
- A. phylaceAmblyscirtes phylaceAmblyscirtes phylace is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and western Texas to Mexico....
Edwards, 1878 - A. raphaeli
- A. reversaAmblyscirtes reversaAmblyscirtes reversa is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It has a scattered distribution from south-eastern Virginia, south to northern Georgia. It is also found in southern Mississippi and southern Illinois....
Jones, 1926 - A. simius Edwards, 1881
- A. texanae Bell, 1927
- A. tolteca Scudder, 1872
- A. vialisAmblyscirtes vialisAmblyscirtes vialis is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from British Columbia east across southern Canada to Maine and Nova Scotia, south to central California, northern New Mexico, Texas, the Gulf states and northern Florida.The wingspan is 22–32 mm. Adults are on wing from...
Edwards, 1862