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Western blue policeman (Pyrrhiades lucagus)Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies.
Yucca giant-skipper, Megathymus yuccae (includes coloradensis) Cofaqui giant-skipper, Megathymus cofaqui (includes harrisi) Strecker's giant-skipper, Megathymus streckeri; Ursine giant-skipper, Megathymus ursus; Manfreda giant-skipper, Stallingsia maculosa; References. Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America.
Hesperia comma female Hesperia comma female. Hesperia, the branded skippers, is a Holarctic genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. Most species are endemic to North America, Hesperia comma is widespread throughout the region.
Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is known as silver-spotted skipper in Europe and common branded skipper in North America where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus , a spread-winged skipper , also has the common name of "silver-spotted skipper".
With over 2,000 described species, this is the largest skipper butterfly subfamily and occurs worldwide except in New Zealand. [6] About 50 percent of grass skippers live in the Neotropics. [7] 137 species are native to North America. Around 38 species are native to Australia. [8] Genera Ochlodes and Hesperia exist exclusively in the Holarctic. [9]
This is a list of the butterflies of family Hesperiidae, or the "skippers", which are found in Europe. It is a part of the list of the butterflies of Europe . Subfamily Hesperiinae
Epargyreus clarus, the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.It is claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America. [2] E. clarus occurs in fields, gardens, and at forest edges and ranges from southern Canada throughout most of the United States to northern Mexico, but is absent in the Great Basin and western Texas.
Heliopetes ericetorum, the northern white-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America in the United States from eastern Washington south to western Colorado , southern California and Arizona , and in Baja California in north-western Mexico.