Copaeodes minima

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.

Copaeodes minima

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Tribe:
Thymelicini
Genus:
Copaeodes
Species:
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

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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