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 map below displays all verified sighting records in the BAMONA database for this species. Each record is indicated with a yellow dot. The orange dots on the map provide access to information about the 400 most recently verified sightings of this species. In some instances, there are several records at the same location. Use the table view to access these records.
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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May 01, 2013 | CA Ivy | Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States | May 15, 2013 | Details |
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May 11, 2013 | gunhilda | Payne County, Oklahoma, United States | May 15, 2013 | Details |
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May 15, 2013 | gunhilda | Payne County, Oklahoma, United States | May 15, 2013 | Details |
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April 24, 2013 | CA Ivy | Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States | April 24, 2013 | Details |
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April 19, 2013 | CA Ivy | Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States | April 19, 2013 | Details |
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March 30, 2013 | anaeamark | Brevard County, Florida, United States | April 17, 2013 | Details |
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April 16, 2013 | CA Ivy | Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States | April 16, 2013 | Details |
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June 26, 1979 | Tom Middagh | Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States | January 13, 2013 | Details |
| July 02, 1990 | legacy.reporter (Jim Brock) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 29, 2063 | legacy.reporter (Kilian Roever) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 30, 2063 | legacy.reporter (Kilian Roever) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| March 25, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| March 31, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 01, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 07, 2012 | legacy.reporter (Kazuo Inagaki) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 13, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Shelby County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 14, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 15, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 28, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Calhoun County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 28, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 06, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 10, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | DeKalb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 20, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Shelby County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 23, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 04, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 04, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 25, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 26, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
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July 27, 2011 | Jeff Trahan | Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States | November 13, 2012 | Details |
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March 28, 2012 | Jeff Trahan | Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States | November 13, 2012 | Details |
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April 10, 2012 | Lori Owenby | Catawba County, North Carolina, United States | October 30, 2012 | Details |
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July 17, 2012 | Kyle Jones | Windsor County, Vermont, United States | October 29, 2012 | Details |
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August 19, 2012 | CA Ivy | Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States | September 05, 2012 | Details |
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August 25, 2012 | HHowell | Clay County, Tennessee, United States | September 01, 2012 | Details |
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May 10, 2012 | Chip Krilowicz | Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States | August 08, 2012 | Details |
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July 29, 2012 | Doug Bruce | Jackson County, Tennessee, United States | July 31, 2012 | Details |
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July 18, 2012 | gunhilda | Payne County, Oklahoma, United States | July 25, 2012 | Details |
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July 22, 2012 | gunhilda | Payne County, Oklahoma, United States | July 25, 2012 | Details |
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May 29, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Morgan County, West Virginia, United States | May 30, 2012 | Details |
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May 19, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States | May 23, 2012 | Details |
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May 16, 2012 | aarongunnar | Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States | May 18, 2012 | Details |
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May 06, 2012 | Doug Bruce | Scott County, Tennessee, United States | May 11, 2012 | Details |
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July 17, 2011 | Lois Stacey | Georgia, United States, Wilkes County | April 10, 2012 | Details |
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April 01, 2012 | Julius | Monroe County, Tennessee, United States | April 05, 2012 | Details |
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May 22, 2011 | Jeff Trahan | Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States | January 04, 2012 | Details |
| July 11, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Falmouth Xerces) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 26, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 13, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Orland Blanchard) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 08, 1991 | legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 10, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Pam Weatherbee) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details |
