European Journal of Entomology, 2009 There are isolated populations of the endangered butterfly, Pyrgus sidae, on the Iberian Peninsula. The mark-release-recapture method was used to study the population parameters, the use of resources and the spatial distribution of a population in the ...
Juan L. HERNÁNDEZ-ROLDÁN +2 more
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SHILAP, 2023 The survey carried out in March - December 2021 has revealed the presence of Forty-seven Rhopalocera species under the families: Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae and Pieridae, belonging to 37 genera and five families from district ...
Huma Nisar
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\u3ci\u3eErynnis Funeralis\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and \u3ci\u3ePolygonia Zephyrus\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Indiana: New State Records [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) On July 1, 1975, while collecting 18 Pieris napi oleraceal (Harris) in the famous tamarack bog near Mongo, LaGrange Co., Indiana, I collected a somewhat worn male Erynnis funeralis Scudder & Burgess when it was resting on the ground in an area ...
Shull, Ernest M
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Wellcome Open Research, 2022 We present a genome assembly from an individual male Pyrgus malvae (the grizzled skipper; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae). The genome sequence is 725 megabases in span.
Roger Vila +3 more
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Observations of Prairie Skippers \u3ci\u3e(Oarisma Poweshiek, Hesperia Dacotae, H. Ottoe, H. Leonardus Pawnee\u3c/i\u3e, and \u3ci\u3eAtrytone Arogos Iowa\u3c/i\u3e) [(Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae] in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota During 1988-1997 [PDF]
, 2018 In transect butterfly surveys at 40 prairies in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota in summer each year during 1988-1997, we recorded 2403 adults of Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek) at 20 sites, 547 Dakota skippers (Hesperia dacotae) at 12 sites ...
Swengel, Ann B, Swengel, Scott R
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Reconstructing a 55-million-year-old butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
European Journal of Entomology, 2016 The oldest butterfly fossil known, which was formed about 55 Ma in what is now Denmark, is described. The fragments of its forewing venation indicates it belongs to the Hesperiidae.
Rienk DE JONG
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Quantifying the success of prey crypsis, aposematism, and evasiveness in avoiding predator attack. [PDF]
EcologyAbstract Antipredator defenses typically act at distinct stages of the predation sequence—encounter, identification, approach, and subjugation. However, their effectiveness has rarely been quantified and compared simultaneously in wild predator–prey systems.
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Habitat Characterization of Five Rare Insects in Michigan (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Riodinidae, Satyridae; Homoptera: Cercopidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Over 80 species of insects are listed as endangered, threatened, or special concern under Michigan\u27s endangered species act. For the majority of these species, detailed habitat information is scant or difficult to interpret. We describe the habitat of
Clampitt, Christopher A +1 more
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, 2010 48. Hesperiidae skippers Skippers are small to medium-sized insects that are distinguished from other butterflies by the combination of three pairs of legs that are all functional for walking and 12 wing veins unbranched from the base to the outer margin of the wing.
Pohl, Greg +3 more
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Natural History of the Common Sooty Wing Skipper, \u3ci\u3ePholisora Catullus\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), in Central Illinois [PDF]
, 2017 The common sooty wing skipper, Pholisora catullus, has three broods each year in east-central Illinois. Adults are active for only a few hours at mid-day_ Wing color is a rough indicator of age in the field, changing from black to brown over 5 days ...
Capman, William C
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