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Collectively, these three groups of butterflies share many characteristics, especially in the egg, larval, and pupal stages. [2] Nevertheless, skippers have the antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet hook , while the typical butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae, and moth-butterflies have feathered or pectinate (comb-shaped ...
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.
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.
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.
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".
Hesperia ottoe, the Ottoe skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the central U.S. but has been recorded in Canada only in a small area of southern Manitoba. [2] It has been assessed as an endangered species. The Ottoe Skipper is native to mixed-grass prairies. [3] The wingspan is 29–35 mm. The flight period is from ...
Hesperia colorado, the western branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from in Eurasia and north-western Africa, coast to coast in North America in boreal and subalpine areas south as far as Colorado , hence the Latin name.
Butterflies of America: Euphyes dukesi Many detailed photographs of the two subspecies of Dukes' skipper. State-by-state dates and locations of specimens collected as of 1963 are detailed in: Mather, Bryant (1963). "Euphyes dukesi – a review of knowledge of its distribution in time and space and its habitat" (PDF).