Sootywing Explained

Sootywing is the common name of several species and subspecies of butterfly, including:

Genus Bolla

• Bolla brennus brennus, the obscure sootywing
• Bolla clytius, the mottled sootywing
• Bolla cupreiceps, the copper-headed sootywing
• Bolla cybele, the Veracruzan sootywing
• Bolla cyclops, the Cyclops sootywing
• Bolla cylindus, the checkered sootywing
• Bolla eusebius, the spatulate sootywing
• Bolla evippe, the rough-tipped sootywing
• Bolla fenestra, the Oaxacan sootywing
• Bolla guerra, the Guerrero sootywing
• Bolla imbras, the rounded sootywing
• Bolla litus, the many-spotted sootywing
• Bolla oriza, the Orizaba sootywing
• Bolla orsines, the hook-tipped sootywing
• Bolla solitaria, the solitary sootywing
• Bolla subapicatus, the fin-tipped sootywing
• Bolla zorilla, the zorilla sootywing

Genus Hesperopsis

• Hesperopsis alpheus, the saltbush sootywing
• Hesperopsis gracielae, the Macneill's sootywing
• Hesperopsis libya, the Mojave sootywing

Genus Pholisora

• Pholisora catullus, the common sootywing
• Pholisora mejicanus, Mexican sootywing

Genus Staphylus

• Staphylus ascalaphus, the Central American sootywing
• Staphylus azteca, the Aztec sootywing
• Staphylus ceos, the golden-headed sootywing
• Staphylus iguala, the Iguala sootywing
• Staphylus lenis, the lenis sootywing
• Staphylus mazans, the Mazans sootywing
• Staphylus oeta, the Plötz's sootywing
• Staphylus tepeca, the grizzled sootywing
• Staphylus tierra, the West-Mexican sootywing
• Staphylus vincula, the mountain sootywing
• Staphylus vulgata, the golden-snouted sootywing