Phocides bicolora

Phocides bicolora, the Hispaniolan mangrove skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Hispanola.^[1] Alternatively, it has also been classified as a subsbspecies of Phocides pigmalion.^[2]

Phocides bicolora
Adult (top) and larva (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Phocides
Species:	P. bicolora
Binomial name
Phocides bicolora (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms
Sphinx bicolora Boddaert, 1783 Erycides pyres Godman & Salvin, 1879 Phocides pigmalion bicolora (Boddaert, 1783)