Burnsius oileus

Tropical checkered skipper
	Female, Cuba
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Burnsius
Species:	B. oileus
Binomial name
	Burnsius oileus; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Papilio oileus Linnaeus, 1767; Pyrgus montivagus Reakirt, 1866; Pyrgus adjutrix Plötz, 1884; Hesperia syrichtus var. fumosa Reverdin, 1919; Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767); Pyrgus oilus Hübner, [1819] (missp.); Pyrgus oieus Ménétries, 1855 (missp.); Hesperia montivagus Dyar, 1903; Pyrgus fumata Reverdin, 1921 (missp.); Pyrgus montivago Randolph, 1922 (missp.); Pyrgus oilius Kendall & Freeman, 1963 (missp.); Pyrgus ajutrix Miller & Brown, 1983 (missp.); Hesperia montivaga Godman & Salvin, [1899] ; Pyrgus syrichthus Butler, 1870 (missp.); Pyrgus syrechtus Druce, 1876 (missp.); Pyrgus syricthus Gundlach, 1881 (missp.); Hesperia syrichtus Dyar, 1903; Pyrgus syrithtus Woodworth, 1913 (missp.); Pyrgus sysichtus Giacomelli, 1923 (missp.); Pyrgus syrictus Williams & Bell, 1930 (missp.); Pyrgus syrichtos Cardoso, 1949 (missp.); Pyrgus syrichtus;

Burnsius oileus, the tropical checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found from Peninsular Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica.^[2] It was transferred to genus Burnsius in 2019, and was previously known as Pyrgus oileus.^[3]

The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are four to five generations throughout the year in southern Texas and Florida.

The larva feed on several plants in the family Malvaceae, including Sida rhombifolia, Malva, Althaea rosea, Abutilon and Malvastrum. Adults feed on the nectar of the flowers of Sidas species and small-flowered composites such as shepherd's needles.

Subspecies

Burnsius oileus oileus
Burnsius oileus syrichtus

References

^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Pyrgus oileus Tropical Checkered-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix p.46. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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[1] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Pyrgus oileus Tropical Checkered-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[BoA-2] "Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[Li-2019-3] Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix p.46. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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Burnsius oileus

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