Phocides bicolora

Phocides bicolora
Adult (top) and larva (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Phocides
Species:
P. bicolora
Binomial name
Phocides bicolora
(Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx bicolora Boddaert, 1783
  • Erycides pyres Godman & Salvin, 1879
  • Phocides pigmalion bicolora (Boddaert, 1783)

Phocides bicolora, the Hispaniolan mangrove skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Hispanola.[1] Alternatively, it has also been classified as a subsbspecies of Phocides pigmalion.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Phocides bicolora (Boddaert, 1783)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ "Phocides, Lepidoptera and some other life forms". Retrieved 2025-05-23.


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