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Copaeodes minima (Southern skipperling)

Synonyms: Copaeodes rayata; Hesperia minima; Thymelicus singularis

Wikipedia Abstract

Copaeodes minima, the southern skipperling, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. 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.
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Prey / Diet

Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon (manienie)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0