HESPERIIDAE / SKIPPER Colour Plates
HESPERIIDAE Host Plants
Many Grasses
Canna
Clitoria ternatea / Bluebell
Cocos nucifera / Coconut Palm
Desmodium triflorum / Dixie Ticktrefoil
Lasiacis divaricata / Bamboo Grass
Macroptilium lathyroides /Wild Dolly
Vigna luteola / Hairypod, Cowpea
Rhizophora mangle / Red Mangrove
Rhizophora mangle / Red Mangrove Tree form
Saccharum officinarum / Sugar Cane
HESPERIIDAE Nectar Plants
Antigonon leptopus / Coralilla, Coralita
Bidens alba radiata / Spanish Needles
Cordia sebestena var. caymanensis / Cordia
Canna
Lantana aculeata / Lantana
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis / Porterweed; Vervine
HABITAT
This butterfly is happy in arid coastal land. This is a very fast flyer resting sometimes splaying their wings in the sun early morning. Panoquina ocala is a little slower
