- Source: Phocides pigmalion
Phocides pigmalion, the mangrove skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from coast to coast in peninsular Florida and the Florida Keys, south through the West Indies and Mexico to Argentina. Strays may be found up to coastal South Carolina.
The wingspan is 48–70 mm. Adults are on the wing from November to August in southern Florida.
The larvae feed on Rhizophora mangle species. Adults feed on nectar of various plants, including mangrove, shepherd's needle, citrus, and bougainvillaea flowers.
Subspecies
Phocides pigmalion pigmalion (Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Brazil)
Phocides pigmalion bicolora (Haiti)
Phocides pigmalion batabano (Cuba, tropical America)
Phocides pigmalion okeechobee (Florida)
Pocides pigmalion hewitsonius (Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia)
Phocides pigmalion batabanoides (Bahamas)
External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Mangrove Skipper - Florida Wildflower Foundation
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Phocides pigmalion
- Phocides
- List of Lepidoptera of Cuba
- List of butterflies of Mexico
- List of butterflies of Colombia
- List of butterflies of North America (Hesperiidae)
- List of butterflies of the Amazon River basin and the Andes
- List of butterflies of Belize
- List of butterflies of the Cayman Islands
- List of Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico
