Copaeodes minima

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Southern skipperling
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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
  • Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 W.H. Edwards, 1870
  • Thymelicus singularis
  • Hesperia minima Plötz, 1884
  • Copaeodes rayata 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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