Telegonus anaphus

Telegonus anaphus
	T. a. annetta in Costa Rica
	T. a. annetta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Telegonus
Species:	T. anaphus
Binomial name
	Telegonus anaphus; (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
	List Papilio anaphus Cramer, [1777]; Aethilla anaphus (Cramer, [1777]); Papilio leucogramma Sepp, [1830]; Thymele grenadensis Schaus, 1902; Telegonus alpistus Mabille, 1903; Telegonus roysi Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1941; Astraptes anaphus (Cramer, [1777]);

Telegonus anaphus, the yellow-tipped flasher or dull astraptes, is a species of skipper butterfly in the subfamily Eudaminae.^[1] It is found from Argentina, north through Central America to the West Indies and Mexico. Strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

The wingspan is 51–64 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and from September to November in southern Texas. There are many flights beginning in March in Mexico. In Costa Rica, it occurs during both the dry and wet seasons.^[1]

The larvae feed on vines in the Fabaceae.

Subspecies[edit]

The following subspecies are recognised:

Telegonus anaphus anaphus - Suriname, Brazil (Bahia)
Telegonus anaphus anausis - St. Vincent, Grenada, Dominica, Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica
Telegonus anaphus aniza - Peru
Telegonus anaphus annetta - from Texas to Peru
Telegonus anaphus anoma - Trinidad

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Murillo-Hiller, Luis-Ricardo; Segura-Bermúdez, Oscar-Antonio; Barquero, Juan-Diego; Bolaños, Federico (14 May 2019). "The skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) of the Reserva Ecológica Leonelo Oviedo, San José, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 67 (2). Table 1. doi:10.15517/rbt.v67i2SUPL.37236. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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[Murillo-Hiller-2019-1] Murillo-Hiller, Luis-Ricardo; Segura-Bermúdez, Oscar-Antonio; Barquero, Juan-Diego; Bolaños, Federico (14 May 2019). "The skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) of the Reserva Ecológica Leonelo Oviedo, San José, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 67 (2). Table 1. doi:10.15517/rbt.v67i2SUPL.37236. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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