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  2. Skipper (butterfly) - Wikipedia

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    The third and rather small butterfly superfamily is the moth-butterflies (Hedyloidea), which are restricted to the Neotropics, but recent phylogenetic analyses suggest the traditional Papilionoidea are paraphyletic, thus the subfamilies should be reorganized to reflect true cladistic relationships. [3] [4] Grass Skipper Butterfly atalopedes ...

  3. Hesperia dacotae - Wikipedia

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    Hesperia dacotae, the Dakota skipper, is a small to medium-sized North American butterfly.It has a wingspan of approximately one inch and the antennae form a hook. The male's wings are a tawny-orange to brown on the forewings with a prominent mark and dusty yellow on the lower part of the wing.

  4. Ochlodes sylvanoides - Wikipedia

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    Ochlodes sylvanoides, the woodland skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California , east to Montana , Colorado and Arizona .

  5. Grass skippers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Hesperiidae - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Hesperiidae (Skippers), a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits.

  7. Hesperia comma - Wikipedia

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    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".

  8. Hesperia (butterfly) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Hesperia sassacus - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Hesperia sassacus, the Indian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Taxonomy