Phocides polybius

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Phocides polybius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Phocides
Species:
P. polybius
Binomial name
Phocides polybius
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
List
  • Hesperia polybiusFabricius, 1793
  • Papilio palemonCramer, [1777]
  • Phocides cruentusHübner, [1819]
  • Phocides palaemonidesRöber, 1925
  • Erycides palemon
  • Phocides palemon
  • Erycides lileaReakirt, [1867]
  • Erycides albicillaHerrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Dysenius cruentusScudder, 1872 (preocc. Hübner, [1819])
  • Erycides sanguineaScudder, 1872
  • Erycides sociusButler & H. Druce, 1872
  • Erycides imbreusPlötz, 1879
  • Erycides decolorMabille, 1880
  • Erycides spuriusMabille, 1880
  • Phocides albiciliataRöber, 1925

Phocides polybius, the bloody spot or guava skipper, is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, that is native to the Americas. It is found from the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Argentina. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

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The wingspan is 42–63 mm (1.7–2.5 in). There are several generations with adults on wing in February, April, and June to December in southern Texas. [1]

The larvae feed on Psidium species, including Psidium guajava and Psidium cattleianum . Adults probably feed on flower nectar. [1]

Subspecies

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References

  1. 1 2 Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Guava Skipper Phocides palemon". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved January 10, 2020.