Editing Telegonus fulgerator (section)

==Description==
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''Telegonus fulgerator'' is a mid-sized skipper butterfly with the wing shape typical of this group. The upperside is black, with basal to postbasal blue corners which are more extensive on the forewings. There is one discal-tomal{{clarify|date=June 2020|reason=both missing in glossary}} and one apical band on the forewing; these are usually off white to light blue but the former may be quite white towards the costal margin. The [[Thorax (insect anatomy)|thorax]] has bluish hair on the back, the underside is yellow to orange.<ref name = hebertetal2004>Hebert ''et al.'' (2004)</ref>

The [[caterpillar]]s and [[pupae]] show a wide range of colors and patterns, and the caterpillars also vary in food preference. Last-[[instar]] caterpillars are black with a pattern consisting of light to bright yellow dots along the sides, or rings of varying thickness, sometimes interrupted on the back, in a range of colors varying from white to orange red.<ref name="hebertetal2004"/>

===Larval food plants===
This species is highly [[phagy|polyphagous]], with most food plants belonging to the [[Fabaceae]] (legume [[family (biology)|family]]):

'''Selected primary food plants'''<ref name = nwcr>[[Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site]], NW [[Costa Rica]]: Hébert ''et al.'' (2004)</ref>
* [[Fabaceae]]
** ''[[Inga]]'': ''[[Inga exalata|I. exalata]]'', ''[[Inga oerstediana|I. oerstediana]]'', ''[[Inga punctata|I. punctata]]'', ''[[Inga sapindoides|I. sapindoides]]'', ''[[Inga vera|I. vera]]'' and probably others
** ''[[Lonchocarpus]]'' (see also [[#Cryptic variation|below]])
** ''[[Senna (plant)|Senna]]'': [[candle bush]] (''S. alata''), ''[[Senna cobanensis|S. cobanensis]]'', ''[[Senna hayesiana|S. hayesiana]]'', ''[[Senna pallida|S. pallida]]'', ''[[Senna papillosa|S. papillosa]]'', ''[[Senna undulata|S. undulata]]'' and probably others<ref>Hébert ''et al.'' (2004) refer to ''"Cassia emarginata"'', which today is either of ''[[Chamaecrista pilosa]]'', [[Rambling Senna]] (''S. bicapsularis'') or ''[[Senna candolleana]]''. The last does not occur in their study area; given the general importance of ''Senna'' species and the lack of records for ''Chamaecrista'' species as food plants in the study area, ''S. bicapsularis'' seems to be the plant in question.</ref>
* [[Malvaceae]]
** ''[[Hampea appendiculata]]'' (but see [[#Cryptic variation|below]])
* [[Sapindaceae]]
** ''[[Cupania]]'': ''[[Cupania glabra|C. glabra]]'', ''[[Cupania guatemalensis|C. guatemalensis]]'' and probably others

'''Selected secondary and accidental food plants'''<ref name = nwcr />
* [[Capparaceae]]
** ''[[Capparis frondosa]]''
* [[Fabaceae]]
** ''[[Canavalia brasiliensis]]''
** ''[[Cassia (genus)|Cassia]]'': [[golden shower tree]] (''C. fistula''), ''[[Cassia grandis|C. grandis]]'' and possibly others
** ''[[Centrosema]]'' (butterfly peas): ''[[Centrosema macrocarpum|C. macrocarpum]]'', ''[[Centrosema plumieri|C. plumieri]]'' and possibly others
** ''[[Desmodium glabrum]]''
** ''[[Dioclea (plant)|Dioclea]]'': ''[[Dioclea malacocarpa|D. malacocarpa]]'', ''[[Dioclea violacea|D. violacea]]'' and possibly others
** ''[[Mucuna holtonii]]''
** ''[[Piscidia carthagenensis]]''
* [[Malvaceae]]
** ''[[Byttneria catalpaefolia]]''
* [[Rhamnaceae]]
** ''[[Karwinskia calderoni]]''
* [[Salicaceae]]
** ''[[Casearia sylvestris]]''
* [[Styracaceae]]
** ''[[Styrax argenteus]]''