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Ocola Skipper
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Butterflies & moths

Ocola Skipper

Panoquina ocola (Edwards, 1863)

Names

EnglishOcola Skipper
Dutch—
SpanishSaltarina de ala larga café
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific namePanoquina ocola (Edwards, 1863)

About this species

Panoquina ocola, the ocola skipper or long-winged skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Paraguay north through tropical America and the West Indies to south Texas, and strays occur north to southeast Arizona, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, southern Ontario, and New York.

The wingspan is 35–43 mm.

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum and Hymenachne amplexicaulis.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusPanoquina

In Suriname

9Records in Suriname
16iNaturalist observations
2013First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo7
  • Brokopondo1
  • Nickerie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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