Butterfly host records for introduced parasite

[Mike Quinn]

Paul H. Arnaud, Jr. 1978.  A host-parasite catalog of North American
Tachinidae (Diptera).  USDA Misc. Publ. No 1319. 860 pages.

Arnaud (1978) lists one species of Coleoptera, four families of Hymenoptera,
and 22 families of Lepidoptera including the following butterflies as hosts
for the introduced parasite *Compsilura concinnata*.

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Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) 
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) 
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) 
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) 

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Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) 

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Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)


Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) 
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) 
Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) 
Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton) 
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) 
Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) 
Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum) 
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) 
Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti) 
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) 
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) 
'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) 
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) 
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) 

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Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) 
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo) 
Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus) 
Erynnis spp. including Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) and/or
Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) 
European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) 


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Mike Quinn
Invertebrate Biologist
Wildlife Diversity Branch
Texas Parks & Wildlife
Austin, TX Ph: 512/912-7059
mike.quinn at tpwd.state.tx.us

 
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