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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Thymelicini » Copaeodes » Southern Skipperling - Hodges#4010 (Copaeodes minima)

Species Copaeodes minima - Southern Skipperling - Hodges#4010

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

What Skipper is this? Smallest one I have ever seen - Copaeodes minima

Possibly Copaeodes minimus ? - Copaeodes minima

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Tribe Thymelicini

Genus Copaeodes

Species minima (Southern Skipperling - Hodges#4010)

Hodges Number

4010

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Copaeodes minima (W. H. Edwards, 1870)

Copaeodes minimus (alternate spelling)

Size

The smallest North American skipper, wing span 16 - 22 mm.

Identification

Very small. Orange above and below, white stripe along underside of wing. Female wing may be narrowly edged with black. Wings are very angular compared to the Least Skipper, and have less black.

Range

Southeastern US - Alabama east to North Carolina, west to Texas, south to Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.

Habitat

Grassy areas.

Season

Year-round in FL, two broods further north.

Food

Larvae host on Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) and other grasses.

Print References

(1) Butterflies Through Binoculars

Internet References

Carolina Nature - Images of live adults and info

Butterflies of America

NA Butterfly Association - Images of live adults & info

Butterflies & Moths of SE Arizona - Image of pinned adults

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 3 December, 2004 - 6:43am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman
Last updated 12 December, 2014 - 4:47pm

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