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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. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits.
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.
The Dakota skipper has experienced declining populations from destruction and modification of native prairie for grazing, herbicide use and building. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the Dakota skipper on the Candidate list for protections under the Endangered Species Act from 1975 to 2014, [3] and it has been petitioned twice for protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1994 ...
Heliopetes laviana (Hewitson, 1868) (laviana white-skipper) Heliopetes leucola (Hewitson, 1868) Heliopetes libra Evans, 1944 Heliopetes macaira (Reakirt, 1867) (Turk's-cap white-skipper) Heliopetes marginata Hayward, 1940 Heliopetes nivella (Mabille, 1883) Heliopetes ochroleuca J. Zikán, 1938 Heliopetes omrina (A. Butler, 1870) (stained white ...
This is a list of the butterflies of family Hesperiidae, or the "skippers", which are found in Europe. ... Zeller's skipper, Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
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.