Phocides pigmalion

Phocides pigmalion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Phocides
Species:	P. pigmalion
Binomial name
	Phocides pigmalion; (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
	Papilio pigmalion Cramer, [1779] ; Erycides pigmalion (Cramer, [1779]) ; Phocides disparilis Röber, 1925; Phocides iocularis Röber, 1925; Phocides vulcanides Röber, 1925; Phocides tenuistriga Mabille & Boullet, 1912; Sphinx bicolora Boddaert, 1783; Erycides pyres Godman & Salvin, 1879; Eudamus batabano Lucas, 1857; Erycides mancinus Herrich-Schäffer, 1862; Erycides batabano Lefèbre, 1867; Phocides aberrans Röber, 1925; Phocides jemadides Röber, 1925;

Phocides pigmalion, the mangrove skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. 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. Strayed can be found up to coastal South Carolina.

The wingspan is 48–70 mm. Adults are on 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

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Phocides pigmalion

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Phocides
Species:	P. pigmalion
Binomial name
*Phocides pigmalion* (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
Papilio pigmalion Cramer, [1779] Erycides pigmalion (Cramer, [1779]) Phocides disparilis Röber, 1925 Phocides iocularis Röber, 1925 Phocides vulcanides Röber, 1925 Phocides tenuistriga Mabille & Boullet, 1912 Sphinx bicolora Boddaert, 1783 Erycides pyres Godman & Salvin, 1879 Eudamus batabano Lucas, 1857 Erycides mancinus Herrich-Schäffer, 1862 Erycides batabano Lefèbre, 1867 Phocides aberrans Röber, 1925 Phocides jemadides Röber, 1925