Copaeodes minima
Species of butterfly
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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.
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| Southern skipperling | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Copaeodes |
| Species: | C. minima |
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| Copaeodes minima (W.H. Edwards, 1870) | |
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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.
