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.

Phocides pigmalion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 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

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