- Phocides pigmalion
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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
The Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found 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
- Phocides pigmalion pigmalion (Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Brazil)
- Phocides pigmalion bicolora (Haiti)
- Phocides pigmalion batabano (Cuba, Tropical America)
- Phocides pigmalion okeechobee (Florida)
- Phocides pigmalion hewitsonius (Brazil(Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia)
- Phocides pigmalion batabanoides (Bahamas)
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