Gyrocheilus
Appearance
Gyrocheilus | |
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Gyrocheilus patrobas | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subtribe: | Pronophilina |
Genus: | Gyrocheilus Butler, 1867 |
Species: | G. patrobas
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Binomial name | |
Gyrocheilus patrobas (Hewitson, 1862)
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Gyrocheilus is a monotypic genus in the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae.[1] The single contained species is Gyrocheilus patrobas, the red-bordered brown, which is found in North America in central and southern Arizona and Mexico.[2][1] The habitat consists of streamsides in open coniferous forests in the mountainous areas.
The wingspan is 51–60 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-August to October.
The larvae feed on Muhlenbergia emersleyi.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Gyrocheilus patrobas patrobas (Mexico)
- Gyrocheilus patrobas tritonia Edwards, 1874 (Arizona)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Gyrocheilus.
- ^ a b "Gyrocheilus Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of America
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America