Attributes of Thorybes pylades

Northern Cloudywing
Thorybes pylades (Scudder, 1870)

Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification: Upperside is dark brown; clear spots on forewing are small, triangular, and not aligned. Male forewing has a costal fold enclosing scent scales. Underside is brown with gray overscaling; hindwing has 2 dark bands.
Wing Span: 1 1/4 - 1 7/8 inches (3.2 - 4.7 cm).
Life History: Males perch on or near the ground in forest openings to wait for females. Eggs are laid singly under leaves of the host plants. Caterpillars feed on leaves and live in shelters of rolled or tied leaves. Fully-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood from May-July in the north, earlier in the south. Two broods from March-September in Texas.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various plants in the pea family (Fabaceae) including beggar's ticks (Desmodium), bush clover (Lespedeza), clover (Trifolium), lotus (Hosackia), and others.
Adult Food: Usually nectar from blue, purple, pink, or white flowers including dogbane, selfheal, crown vetch, Japanese honeysuckle, thistles, common milkweed, Deptford pink, hoary vervain, and others.
Habitat: Open or scrubby boreal woodland and forest edges.
Range: Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to British Columbia, south through California and the Rocky Mountain states to Mexico, Texas, the Gulf states, and Florida.
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.

Observation Date Submitter Region Verified Datesort icon
May 06, 2012 Doug Bruce Scott County, Tennessee, United States May 11, 2012 Details
July 17, 2011 Lois Stacey Georgia, United States, Wilkes County April 10, 2012 Details
April 01, 2012 Julius Monroe County, Tennessee, United States April 05, 2012 Details
May 22, 2011 jftrahan Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States January 04, 2012 Details
July 20, 2009 RaisingButterflies.org Salt Lake County, Utah, United States November 28, 2011 Details
June 01, 2011 Joe Schelling--entered by M ODonnell Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States October 03, 2011 Details
April 28, 2011 jftrahan Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States September 20, 2011 Details
April 04, 2009 rseidler Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States September 20, 2011 Details
April 02, 2011 jdupton Texas, United States, Williamson County August 23, 2011 Details
April 09, 2011 jftrahan Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States July 10, 2011 Details
April 22, 2011 jftrahan Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States July 10, 2011 Details
April 01, 2011 jftrahan Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States July 06, 2011 Details
June 26, 2011 HHowell Hancock County, Tennessee, United States July 03, 2011 Details
May 27, 2010 James Fox Oakland County, Michigan, United States June 29, 2011 Details
May 28, 2011 AJ Trently Union County, Tennessee, United States June 16, 2011 Details
June 12, 2011 BeaLaporte Ontario, Canada June 13, 2011 Details
May 09, 2011 Andy Eller Rowan County, Kentucky, United States June 13, 2011 Details
May 28, 2011 Cheryl Jennings McDowell County, West Virginia, United States June 06, 2011 Details
May 28, 2011 Doug Bruce Anderson County, Tennessee, United States June 04, 2011 Details
May 30, 2011 David Trently Morgan County, Tennessee, United States June 04, 2011 Details
April 09, 2011 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Shelby County, Alabama, United States May 31, 2011 Details
April 24, 2011 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Colbert County, Alabama, United States May 31, 2011 Details
April 30, 2011 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Shelby County, Alabama, United States May 31, 2011 Details
May 12, 2011 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) DeKalb County, Alabama, United States May 31, 2011 Details
May 22, 2011 Don Holt Washington County, Tennessee, United States May 27, 2011 Details
April 30, 2011 GSSpicer Rhea County, Tennessee, United States May 21, 2011 Details
June 13, 1995 legacy.reporter (Keilb, Mike) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 13, 1995 legacy.reporter (Swales, John) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 16, 1995 legacy.reporter (Swales, John with Martin Bialecki, Mike and Susan Kielb ) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 19, 1995 legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack) Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 23, 1995 Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) Kent County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 11, 1995 legacy.reporter (Webster, Ken) Oakland County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 14, 1995 legacy.reporter (Little, Janea, with Gene Beckham, Denny Brooks, Katherine Carothers, Donna & Ralph Czerepinski, Monica Essenmacher, Bob Lederhouse, Betty Secrist, Wendy Skory, Cathy Yanacek) Midland County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 16, 1995 legacy.reporter (Brown, Richard) Ingham County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 28, 1996 legacy.reporter (Swales, John with J & R Brown, John Farmer, Roger Wykes) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 13, 1997 legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack) Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 21, 1997 legacy.reporter (Brown, Richard w/ Breandan Brown, John Farmer, Roger Kuhlman, Darrin O' Brien, John Swales, and Roger Wykes.) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 23, 1997 legacy.reporter (Fleming, Richard) Calhoun County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 24, 1997 legacy.reporter (Starkey, Donald) Ionia County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 25, 1997 legacy.reporter (Perkins, Owen A.) Oakland County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
June 28, 1997 legacy.reporter (Starkey, Donald) Oakland County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 04, 1997 Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) Kent County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 06, 1997 legacy.reporter (Starkey, Donald with A. Navarro, Owen Perkins, C., D., G, L., S. Starkey, J., J., S. Thompson, ) Oakland County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 09, 1997 legacy.reporter (Swales, John, M. Bialecki, A. Beiker, R. Kuhlman, J. & M. Weinman, Roger Wykes) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 19, 1997 legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack with Jim Granlund, D. Powell) Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 21, 1997 legacy.reporter (Brown, Richard, B. Brown, John Farmer, R. Kuhlman, Darrin O'Brien, John Swales, Roger Wykes) Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
July 25, 1997 legacy.reporter (Johnson, Sharon) Genesee County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
May 25, 1998 legacy.reporter (Fleming, Richard) Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
May 26, 1998 legacy.reporter (Fleming, Richard) Eaton County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details
May 27, 1998 legacy.reporter (Johnson, Sharon, Jeanne Raffin, Lana Paulley) Genesee County, Michigan, United States May 01, 2011 Details