Cecropterus lyciades

Cecropterus lyciades, the hoary edge, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae which can be seen throughout the eastern United States in open woodlands, deciduous mixed forest and sandy areas. Cecropterus lyacides is an uncommon butterfly that is named after an underlying whitish patch on the hindwing patch.

Hoary edge
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Cecropterus
Species:	C. lyciades
Binomial name
Cecropterus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832) Proteides lyciades Geyer, 1832 Thorybes lyciades (Geyer, 1832)

Description

The wingspan of the hoary edge is 4.5 to 4.9 cm. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to Epargyreus clarus but is smaller and has a longer strip of diffused silver on its wing.

Life cycle

There are two broods each year in April and September.

Larval foods

• Tickseed
• Fabaceae
• Legumes

References

• "Species Achalarus lyciades - Hoary Edge". Iowa State University Entomology. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
• Scott, James A. (1992). The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2013-4.
• Kaufman, Kenn; Brock, Jim P. (2003). Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides). Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0-618-15312-8.
• Glassberg, Jeffrey (1999). Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510668-7.
• Jinhui Shen, Qian Cong, Dominika Borek, Zbyszek Otwinowski and Nick V. Grishin*, “Complete Genome of Achalarus lyciades, The First Representative of the Eudaminae Subfamily of Skippers”, Current Genomics (2017) 18: 366.