Copaeodes minima

Southern skipperling
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Copaeodes
Species:	C. minima
Binomial name
	Copaeodes minima; (W.H. Edwards, 1870)
Synonyms
	Hesperia minima W.H. Edwards, 1870 ; Thymelicus singularis Plötz, 1884 ; Copaeodes rayata Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 ; Copaeodes minimus ;

Copaeodes minima, the southern skipperling, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Arkansas east to North Carolina, south through Florida, the Gulf States, Texas, and Mexico to Panama.

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. There are two generations with adults on wing from March to October in Louisiana. Adults are on wing year round in Florida.

The larvae feed on Cynodon dactylon. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including Helenium tenuifolium.

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