Calpodes ethlius

Calpodes ethlius, the Brazilian skipper, larger canna leafroller or canna skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from southern Florida and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America to Argentina. Strays and temporary colonies can be found north to southern Nevada, northern Texas, Illinois and Massachusetts.

Calpodes ethlius
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Calpodes
Species:	C. ethlius
Binomial name
Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
Eudamus olynthus Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837] Hesperia chemnis Fabricius, 1793 Papilio ethlius Stoll, [1782] Calpodes aethlius; Verloren, 1837 (missp.) Calpodes ethelius; Gowdey, 1926 (missp.) Calpodes ethlinus; dos Passos 1964 (missp.) Calpodes ethlicus; Silva, 1967 (missp.) Calpodes ethlis; Kendall & Glick 1973 (missp.) Calpodes ethluis; Gatrelle, 1975 (missp.) Calpodes ethilus; DeVries, 1983 (missp.)

The wingspan is 45–61 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer in the north. There are several generations from April to December in southern Texas, two generations from July to November in Arizona. Adults are on wing throughout the year in Florida and the tropics.

Adults feed on Lantana in Arizona. In Costa Rica, adults have been recorded feeding on the nectar from large white or pale yellow flowers of woody lianas, trees and shrubs.^{[citation needed]}

Larval hosts include Canna spp., in which the larvae roll or fold the ends of leaves into tents.^[2]: 312