Phocides polybius

Phocides polybius, the bloody spot or guava skipper, is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, that is native to the Americas. It is found from the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Argentina. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Phocides polybius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Phocides
Species:
P. polybius
Binomial name
Phocides polybius
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia polybius Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio palemon Cramer, [1777]
  • Phocides cruentus Hübner, [1819]
  • Phocides palaemonides Röber, 1925
  • Erycides palemon
  • Phocides palemon
  • Erycides lilea Reakirt, [1867]
  • Erycides albicilla Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Dysenius cruentus Scudder, 1872 (preocc. Hübner, [1819])
  • Erycides sanguinea Scudder, 1872
  • Erycides socius Butler & H. Druce, 1872
  • Erycides imbreus Plötz, 1879
  • Erycides decolor Mabille, 1880
  • Erycides spurius Mabille, 1880
  • Phocides albiciliata Röber, 1925

The wingspan is 42–63 mm (1.7–2.5 in). There are several generations with adults on wing in February, April, and June to December in southern Texas.[1]

The larvae feed on Psidium species, including Psidium guajava and Psidium cattleianum. Adults probably feed on flower nectar.[1]

Subspecies

References
  1. Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Guava Skipper Phocides palemon". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved January 10, 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.