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(Redirected from Southern skipperling) Species of butterfly

Southern skipperling
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Copaeodes
Species: C. minima
Binomial name
Copaeodes minima
(W.H. Edwards, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia minima W.H. Edwards, 1870
  • Thymelicus singularis Plötz, 1884
  • Copaeodes rayata Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
  • Copaeodes minimus

Copaeodes minima, the southern skipperling, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Arkansas east to North Carolina, south through Florida, the Gulf States, Texas, and Mexico to Panama.

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. There are two generations with adults on wing from March to October in Louisiana. Adults are on wing year round in Florida.

The larvae feed on Cynodon dactylon. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including Helenium tenuifolium.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Copaeodes minima Southern Skipperling". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

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Taxon identifiers
Copaeodes minima


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