Subfamily Pyrginae - Spread-wing Skippers

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Food

Which checkered Skipper? - Pyrgus ruralis

Grayish Skipper, Bay Area, CA - Pyrgus communis

White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina

Florida Duskywing - Ephyriades brunneus - male

Small checkered skipper - Pyrgus scriptura

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Hesperioidea (Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)

Other Common Names

Flats

Explanation of Names

"Spread-wing" and "Flats" both refer to the way the wings of most species are held out flat to the sides when the insects are not flying.

Range

World-wide

Food

Assorted dicots in many families, but with Malvaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fagaceae, and Fabaceae perhaps most important.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 1:45pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 29 March, 2009 - 11:57am

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