Timochares ruptifasciatus
| Timochares ruptifasciatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Timochares |
| Species: | T. ruptifasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Timochares ruptifasciatus (Plötz, 1884) | |
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The Brown-banded Skipper, Timochares ruptifasciatus, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in southern Texas, Mexico and Jamaica.
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The wingspan is 38–43 millimetres (1.5–1.7 in). There are several generation with adults on wing from March to November in southern Texas and Mexico.
The larvae feed on Malpighia glabra. Adults feed on flower nectar.