Phocides pigmalion

Phocides pigmalion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Phocides
Species:	P. pigmalion
Binomial name
	Phocides pigmalion; (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
	List Papilio pigmalion Cramer, [1779] ; Erycides pigmalion (Cramer, [1779]) ; Phocides disparilis Röber, 1925; Phocides iocularis Röber, 1925; Phocides vulcanides Röber, 1925; Phocides tenuistriga Mabille & Boullet, 1912; Phocides aberrans Röber, 1925; Phocides jemadides Röber, 1925;

Phocides pigmalion, the pigmalion skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the from Central America to Argentina. There is historical confusion with lineages that are subsequently treated as Phocides batabano or Phocides bicolora.

Subspecies

Phocides pigmalion pigmalion (Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Brazil)
Pocides pigmalion hewitsonius (Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia)

External links

Butterflies and Moths of North America

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