Chrysoplectrum pervivax (Hübner, [1819])
Common Name:
Pervivax Skipper
Pervivax Skipper
Synonyms:
Papilio pervivax (Hübner, [1819]), replacement name (for a preoccupied name)
Papilio pertinax (Stoll, 1790), preoccupied name (not Stoll, 1781)
Hesperia stollii (Verloren, 1837, replacement name (for a preoccupied name)
Pamphila schlleri (W.F. Kirby, 1871), replacement name (for a preoccupied name)
Thymele eudicus (Mabille, 1888)
Thymele neobulus (Mabille, 1888)
Natural History:
this species was only captured in the presence with swarms of army ants.
Feeding Adult:
Adults of this Chrysoplectrum pervivax feed on bird droppings
Feeding Caterpillars:
According records compiled by Beccaloni et al. (2008), are host-plants:
Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae: Tachigali sp.
Polygonaceae: Triplaris melaenodendron
Color:
green, brown
green, brown
Habitat:
forest
forest
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