Eantis mithridates

Eantis mithridates, also known as the sickle-winged skipper or Jung's dusky wing, is a species of butterfly in 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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eantis
Species:	E. mithridates
Binomial name
Eantis mithridates (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
List Hesperia mithridates Fabricius, 1793 Achlyodes 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

• Eantis mithridates mithridates - Jamaica
• Eantis mithridates papinianus - Trinidad, Cuba
• Eantis mithridates sagra - Haiti

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America