Hesperiidae
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3894 Murgaria doryssus
(Swainson, 1831)
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Host Plants: |
Host familiy: Fabaceae. Host genera: Abarema Albizia Chloroleucon Enterolobium Lysiloma Samanea. Notes: legumes (Brock & Kaufman 2003). (Shropshire & Douglas 2025) |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
doryssus (Swainson, 1831) (Eudamus) STRAY - MONA 1983: 3894doryssus (Swainson, 1831) (Eudamus) (stray) albimargo of authors; (not Mabille, 1876) (Thymele) misid. - MONA 1983: [3895]
Note: Reputed NA material was misidentified M. doryssus (Pelham 2008). brachius (Geyer, 1832) (Goniurus) cleopatra (Ehrmann, 1907) (Goniurus) interruptus (Williams, 1926) (Eudamus) leucites (Mabille, 1888) (Eudamus) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Murgaria doryssus (Swainson, 1831) was formerly in the genus Urbanus. |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
- Pelham, J.P., 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 40: 427.
- Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at iNaturalist
- Species Page at the Butterflies of America
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