Euphyes pilatka: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Euphyes
- Species
- Euphyes pilatka
- Scientific Name
- Euphyes pilatka
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Euphyes pilatka
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.
The wingspan is 45–54 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Cladium jamaicensis. They live in shelters of rolled leaves.
...Euphyes pilatka in languages:
- English
- Palatka Skipper
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Euphyes antra
- Euphyes arpa
- Euphyes bayensis
- Euphyes berryi
- Euphyes bimacula
- Euphyes canda
- Euphyes chamuli
- Euphyes cherra
- Euphyes conspicua
- Euphyes cornelius
- Euphyes dion
- Euphyes dukesi
- Euphyes fumata
- Euphyes illinois
- Euphyes leptosema
- Euphyes peneia
- Euphyes pilatka
- Euphyes singularis
- Euphyes subferrugineus
- Euphyes vestris




























































































































































