Autochton cellus

(Boisduval & Le Conte, 1833) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Autochton

At a glance

Occurrence records786

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Autochton cellus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility786 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF786 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈388 Mbp

01Narrative

Autochton cellus, the golden banded-skipper, is a North and Central American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. There are two populations, one in the eastern United States and the other in the southwestern United States and Mexico.Rich Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). Butterflies of the East Coast. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. The eastern population is rare and local and uses only one host plant, the thicket bean (Phaseolus polystachios). The southwestern population is uncommon to common and uses more than one host plant (see host plant list).Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY.Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin and Hank Brodkin (2001). Butterflies of Arizona. West Coast Lady Press. The golden banded-skipper is most active mid-morning and late afternoon. Their flight is sluggish and low to the ground, compared to closely related species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Autochton cellus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Autochton cellus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈387 648 348 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Autochton cellus0.39 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelContig

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type786 records

Wild obs. + sensor116

Museum / vouchered670

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 064 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 13≤1 km 12≤10 km 35>10 km 2

62 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor116

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy45% within 1 km

≤100 m 82≤1 km 25≤10 km 97>10 km 32

236 georeferenced · 434 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence670

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions11 of 23 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Ciudad de México, MX	230
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	153
FLMNH-UFlocation not on record	68
Ciudad de México, MX	44
New Haven, US	36
Tapachula, MX	29
OSUClocation not on record	23
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record	16
East Lansing, US	9
ASUlocation not on record	8
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record	8
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	6
Blacksburg, US	5
CUlocation not on record	4
Helsinki, FI	2
WSUClocation not on record	2
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Mexico City, MX	1
Denver, US	1
San Luis Potosí, MX	1
Vernal, US	1
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record	1

23 institutions · 651 of 670 vouchered records shown · 19 without an institution code

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