Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1987

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baltra, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, y Santiago (Peck et al., 1998; Roque, 2004; Roque, 2006).

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• Onore, G. Mielke, O.H.H. (1988) Calpodes ethlius (Cramer) (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) em Galápagos. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 5(4): 619-620.
• Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2004) The butterflies (Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea) of the Galapagos islands, ecuador: distribution, hostplants and biology. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
• Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.