Erichson's White-Skipper
Heliopetes domicella
Description 1-1 3/8" (25-35 mm). Broad black borders and blue-gray bases above, giving impression of broad, clear white bands crossing all wings. Below mirrors above, except for beige-pink bands on FW base and olive-green HW.
Similar Species Checkered-skippers lack pinkish bands below. Other white- skippers (Heliopetes) lack black bands above.
Life Cycle Unrecorded.
Flight 2 broods; April and August-October.
Habitat Forest clearings, edges, watercourses, and hilly scrub.
Range S. Arizona, Texas and perhaps New Mexico, south to Argentina.
Discussion Unlike other members of its genus, Erichson's White-Skipper is not common.
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