Attributes of Calpodes ethlius
Brazilian Skipper
Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Robust. Forewing is long and pointed, hindwing is lobed. Upperside is brown-black with large translucent spots on both forewing and hindwing. Underside is red-brown; hindwing has 3 or 4 cream spots.
Wing Span: 1 3/4 - 2 3/8 inches (4.5 - 6.1 cm).
Life History: Adults have a very fast flight and are strong migrants. Females lay eggs on the upperside of leaves high up on the host plant. Caterpillars usually spend the day in shelters of rolled leaves and emerge after dark to eat leaves.
Flight: Late summer in the north; several broods from April-December in South Texas; two broods from July-November in Arizona; throughout the year in Florida and the tropics.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various cultivated plants in the canna family (Marantaceae).
Adult Food: Lantana in Arizona. In Costa Rica, nectar from large white or pale yellow flowers of woody lianas, trees, and shrubs.
Habitat: Gardens and residential areas.
Range: South Florida and South Texas south through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America to Argentina. Periodically strays and colonizes north to southern Nevada, north Texas, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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September 30, 2009 | JillS | Hillsborough County, Florida, United States | January 16, 2012 | Details |
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November 09, 2008 | Shirley Wilkerson | Brazos County, Texas, United States | November 17, 2011 | Details |
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October 23, 2011 | curtis.lehman | Alachua County, Florida, United States | November 12, 2011 | Details |
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April 18, 2011 | fitzclarke@bellsouth.net | Chatham County, Georgia, United States | May 03, 2011 | Details |
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February 19, 2011 | cpcdolan | Hidalgo County, Texas, United States | February 24, 2011 | Details |
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February 19, 2011 | cpcdolan | Hidalgo County, Texas, United States | February 24, 2011 | Details |
| October 17, 2006 | stevecary (Bob Barber) | Otero County, New Mexico, United States | February 05, 2011 | Details | |
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July 30, 2010 | fitzclarke@bellsouth.net | Chatham County, Georgia, United States | January 21, 2011 | Details |
| October 01, 2010 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| July 12, 2009 | aahewetson (Anthony Hewetson) | Crosby County, Texas, United States | January 06, 2010 | Details | |
| October 02, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Ken C. Williams) | Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States | December 17, 2009 | Details | |
| November 11, 1942 | legacy.reporter (unknown) | Riverside County, California, United States | December 08, 2009 | Details | |
| September 01, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Arlene Ripley) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | October 19, 2009 | Details | |
| September 10, 2009 | John Saba (John Saba) | Pima County, Arizona, United States | October 19, 2009 | Details | |
| September 06, 2003 | legacy.reporter (Lisa Keppner) | Bay County, Florida, United States | October 13, 2009 | Details | |
| June 13, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Rachel Cass) | Georgia, United States, Wayne County | September 24, 2009 | Details | |
| August 19, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Robert Behrstock) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | September 24, 2009 | Details | |
| July 17, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Julius Basham) | Polk County, Tennessee, United States | April 22, 2009 | Details | |
| September 01, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Arnold, Don C.) | Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| September 01, 2000 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | October 20, 2008 | Details | |
| August 13, 2005 | jftrahan (Jeff Trahan) | Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States | October 03, 2008 | Details | |
| August 26, 2005 | legacy.reporter (Nathan Dias) | Charleston County, South Carolina, United States | July 25, 2008 | Details | |
| September 06, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Brian G. Scholtens) | Charleston County, South Carolina, United States | July 25, 2008 | Details | |
| September 02, 2005 | Lois Stacey (Lois Stacey) | Aiken County, South Carolina, United States | April 22, 2008 | Details | |
| October 15, 2007 | legacy.reporter (Justin & Valerie Valleau) | Texas, Smith County, United States | January 08, 2008 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter (Derek Muschalek) | DeWitt County, Texas, United States | December 28, 2007 | Details | |
| July 06, 2002 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Baldwin County, Alabama, United States | December 10, 2007 | Details | |
| September 03, 2000 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 04, 2007 | Details | |
| October 05, 2005 | legacy.reporter (Lawrence Duhon) | Denton County, Texas, United States | December 04, 2007 | Details | |
| September 11, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| September 18, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| September 19, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| September 26, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| September 04, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| September 06, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| August 22, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| August 28, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| August 29, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| August 14, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| August 15, 1999 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 03, 2007 | Details | |
| August 19, 2007 | Gary L. Spicer (Gary Spicer) | Ellis County, Texas, United States | October 30, 2007 | Details | |
| July 24, 2004 | legacy.reporter (David Henderson) | Texas, United States, Waller County | September 04, 2007 | Details | |
| August 08, 1991 | legacy.reporter (Michael Beohm) | Georgia, United States, Upson County | August 30, 2007 | Details | |
| September 21, 2005 | legacy.reporter (Michael Boehm) | Butts County, Georgia, United States | May 24, 2007 | Details | |
| August 01, 1941 | legacy.reporter | St Louis County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| July 14, 1971 | legacy.reporter (Bamman, Debra) | Randolph County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| July 27, 1966 | legacy.reporter | Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| October 01, 1955 | legacy.reporter (Willis, Daryl) | Livingston County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| November 08, 2004 | legacy.reporter (North American Butterfly Association (NABA) of South Texas)) | Hidalgo County, Texas, United States | January 29, 2007 | Details | |
| August 14, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Rita Venable) | Williamson County, Tennessee, United States | November 16, 2006 | Details |
