Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano)

In the US, found only along the central and southern Florida coast where Red Mangroves grow. Formerly taxonomically lumped with Phocides pigmalion, which is how current field guides still show it, recent evidence indicates the Florida population is a separate species.

Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano)
Big Cypress, Collier Co., FL
4 Mar 2017

Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
27 sep 2016

Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano)
Big Pine Key, Monroe Co., FL
11 Feb 2015

Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano)
Bahia Honda State Park, Monroe Co., FL
11 Feb 2015


Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano) Miami-Dade Co., FL 11 August 2003	Mangrove Skipper (Phocides batabano) Collier Co., FL 31 December 2003

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