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.
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| T. a. annetta in Costa Rica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Telegonus |
| Species: | T. anaphus
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| Telegonus anaphus (Cramer, [1777])
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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
editThe 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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