Copaeodes minima

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Copaeodes minima
Southern skipperling (Copaeodes minima) ventral.jpg

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
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Hesperiidae
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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.

Southern skipperling (Copaeodes minima).jpg

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 .

References[]

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

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