Phocides pigmalion
Common name: Mangrove Skipper
Feeds on these plants:
Ipomoea purpurea
(sold as Tickle Me Pink)
Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii
Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)
Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)
Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’
Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’
Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)
Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)
Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)
Phocides pigmalion, the Mangrove Skipper, can be found in FL.
Favorite nectar plants include: Acacia, Pentas, and Salvia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 7,8,9,10,11,12
Host plants:
Rhizophora mangle
CC by-sa image courtesy of
Judy Gallagher
CC 3.0 image courtesy of
Korall
