Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780)

Common Name:
Orcus Checkered Skipper

Synonyms:

Papilio orcus (Stoll, 1780)

Natural History:

A species common in open areas and grasslands, occurring during the whole year.

Distribution:
Brasil: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; Guyana; Perú; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela

Occurence Period:

Throughout the whole year

Feeding Adult:

On nectar of small, usually yellow or white flowers and of shrubs.

Feeding Caterpillars:

To  Pyrgus spp. are recorded several species of plants  Malvaceae (Beccaloni et al. 2008).

Color:
white, grey

Habitat:
forest edge, anthropogenic

Publications:

Beccaloni G.W, Viloria A.L., Hall S.K., Robinson G.S. (2008):

Catalogue of the hostplants of the Neotropical butterflies. Book., London, S.E.A., Ribes, CYTED, Natural History Museum, IVIC: 1-536