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Hesperiidae Plants

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Hesperiidae Butterfly 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
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

Hesperiidae Habitat

This butterfly is happy in arid coastal land. This is a very fast flyer, resting sometimes and splaying their wings in the early morning sun. Panoquina ocala is a little slower.

Asclepias curassavica

Clitoria ternatea
Bluebell

Antigonon leptopus

Antigonon leptopus
Corallila; Coralita

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