A Palatka Skipper in Franklin Co., Florida (9/28/2007). Palatka Skipper is a very rare vagrant to Maryland with only one record from Dorchester County.
Photo by
Brian Ahern
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A Palatka Skipper in Taylor Co., Florida (10/12/2007).
Photo by
Brian Ahern
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1 Record
Status
Palatka Skipper is a very rare stray from the south with only one record for Maryland.
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A Palatka Skipper in Franklin Co., Florida (9/28/2007). Palatka Skipper is a very rare vagrant to Maryland with only one record from Dorchester County.
Media by
Brian Ahern.
A Palatka Skipper in Taylor Co., Florida (10/12/2007).
Media by
Brian Ahern.
Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Euphyes |
| Species: | E. pilatka
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| Euphyes pilatka | |
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Euphyes pilatka, the Palatka skipper or saw-grass skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from southeastern Virginia south to peninsular Florida and the Florida Keys, then west along the Gulf Coast to southern Mississippi. Strays can be found up to northern Maryland and southwestern Louisiana.[3]
The wingspan is 45–54 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Cladium jamaicensis. They live in shelters of rolled leaves.
Subspecies
[edit]- Euphyes pilatka pilatka
- Euphyes pilatka klotsi L. Miller, Harvey & J. Miller, 1985[4] (Florida Keys)
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Euphyes pilatka Palatka Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Euphyes at funet
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ "Euphyes pilatka". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.