Phocides pigmalion

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 pigmalionCramer, [1779] Erycides pigmalion(Cramer, [1779]) Phocides disparilisRöber, 1925 Phocides iocularisRöber, 1925 Phocides vulcanidesRöber, 1925 Phocides tenuistrigaMabille & Boullet, 1912 Phocides aberransRöber, 1925 Phocides jemadidesRöber, 1925

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 .

Subspecies

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

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America