Phocides pigmalion

Phocides pigmalion, the pigmalion skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the from Central America to Argentina. There is historical confusion with lineages that are subsequently treated as Phocides batabano or Phocides bicolora.

Phocides pigmalion
Image of Mangrove Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Phocides
Species:	P. pigmalion
Binomial name
Phocides pigmalion (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
List 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 Phocides aberrans Röber, 1925 Phocides jemadides Röber, 1925

Subspecies

• Phocides pigmalion pigmalion (Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Brazil)
• Pocides pigmalion hewitsonius (Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia)

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America