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Canna skipper

Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius) is a species in the family Hesperiidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the canna skipper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
2.3 cm – 5.37 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
All year
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Cannaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the canna skipper?

CANNA SKIPPER · WINGSPAN 5.37 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.37 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the canna skipper is about 3.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the canna skipper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the canna skipper as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the canna skipper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the canna skipper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyHesperiidae
  6. genusCalpodes
  7. SpeciesCalpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)

Synonyms Calpodes ethelius, Eudamus olynthus, Hesperia chemnis, Papilio ethlius

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Brazilian skipperEnglish
  • Larger canna leafrollerEnglish
  • Hespérido BrasileñoSpanish
  • Hespérie du balisier rougeFrench
  • Espéri tolomangcf
  • Barbulètè di CapachioPapiamento
  • AchireraSpanish
  • Saltarín de Ia cañaSpanish
  • Saltarina de ala larga BrasileñaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the canna skipper

Other species in the same genus Calpodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the canna skipper?

An adult canna skipper has a wingspan of 2.3 cm – 5.37 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the canna skipper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the canna skipper as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the canna skipper?

The canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius) belongs to the family Hesperiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/canna-skipper

MLA

“Canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/canna-skipper.

BibTeX
@misc{canna_skipper_2026,
  title = {Canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/canna-skipper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}