Hammock Skipper (Polygonus leo)

Formerly treated as one species (Polygonus leo), recent genomics studies indicate that the Florida population is a distinct species (P. histrio) from the populations in Mexico (P. arizonensis) that stray into the southwestern US deserts. I am tentatively creating the common name Florida Hammock Skipper for the FL population and Southwest Hammock Skipper for the southwestern US individuals.

Florida Hammock Skipper (Polygonus histrio)

Flies year round in south Florida.


Hammock Skipper (Polygonus histrio) Big Pine Key, Monroe Co., FL 11 Feb 2015	Hammock Skipper (Polygonus histrio) Big Pine Key, Monroe Co., FL 11 Feb 2015


Hammock Skipper (Polygonus histrio) Monroe Co., FL 10 August 2003	Hammock Skipper (Polygonus histrio) Monroe Co., FL 11 August 2003

Southwest Hammock Skipper (Polygonus arizonensis)

Generally rare or stray to portions of south Texas and south Arizona.

Hammock Skipper (Polygonus arizonensis)
Ruby Rd., Santa Cruz Co., AZ
27 July 2017

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