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PYRGINAE 3

 Astraptes
 

 
 Astraptes alardus White Flasher *Tropical Stray*

 
 Astraptes anaphus Yellow Flasher *Tropical Stray*

 
 Astraptes egregius Green Flasher *Tropical Stray*

 
 Astraptes fulgerator Two-barred Flasher

 No Photographs Available
 Astraptes gilberti Gilbert's Flasher *Tropical Stray*

 Autochton
 

 

 Autochton cellus Golden-banded Skipper

Hindwing below with a gray suffusion along the outer margin.

 
 Autochton cinctus Chisos Banded Skipper

 

 Autochton pseudocellus Sonoran Banded Skipper

Hindwing below without a gray suffusion along the outer margin.

 Achalarus
 

 
 Achalarus albociliatus Skinner's Cloudywing *Tropical Stray*

 
 Achalarus casica Desert Cloudywing

 No Photographs Available

 Achalarus jalapus Jalapus Skipper *Tropical Stray*

Hindwing with a lobe at the anal angle and a white fringe; male with a costal fold as in toxeus.

 
 Achalarus lyciades Hoary Edge

 
 Achalarus toxeus Coyote Cloudywing

 Thorybes
 

 

 Thorybes bathyllus Southern Cloudywing

Transparent band of spots of forewing larger and better defined than in other species of the genus.

 

 Thorybes pylades Northern Cloudywing

Dark bands of hindwing below well defined with dark outer margins and lighter interior; hindwing above without a white outer fringe; widely distributed in North America

 

 Thorybes confusis Confused Cloudywing

Dark bands of hindwing below well defined with dark outer margins and lighter interior; outer margin of hindwing below suffused with gray.

 

 Thorybes diversus Western Cloudywing

Dark bands of hindwing below small and poorly defined, not contrasting with ground color of the wing; apparently restricted to the Cascade Mountains of southern Oregon and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.

 

 Thorybes drusius Drusius Cloudywing

Dark bands of hindwing below well defined with dark outer margins and lighter interior; hindwing above with a prominent white outer fringe; restricted to southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas.

 

 Thorybes mexicanus Mexican Cloudywing

Dark bands of hindwing below well defined but without dark outer margins and lighter interior; dark bands contrasting with light brown ground color of wing; found in alpine and subalpine habitats of the western United States.