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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Skippers (Hesperioidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae)

Family Hesperiidae - Skippers

Dicot Skippers · Spread-wing Skippers · Intermediate Skippers · Grass Skippers · Giant Skippers
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Subfamily Eudaminae - Dicot Skippers
Silver Spotted Skipper from Iowa - Epargyreus clarus Thorybes pylades Hoary Edge - Achalarus lyciades Northern Cloudywing in New Brunswick - Thorybes pylades Short-tailed Skipper - Zestusa dorus Arizona Skipper - Codatractus arizonensis @ Klehm Arboretum IL - Epargyreus clarus Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Subfamily Pyrginae - Spread-wing Skippers
Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae Erynnis funeralis Erynnis horatius Grayish Skipper, Bay Area, CA - Pyrgus communis Which duskywing? - Erynnis funeralis Brown butterfly - Erynnis Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae Arizona Powdered-Skipper - Systasea zampa

Subfamily Heteropterinae - Intermediate Skippers
Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon Four-spotted Skipperling - Piruna polingii Arctic Chequered Skipper, 12:45pm - Carterocephalus palaemon Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon Four-spotted Skipperling - Piruna polingii Arctic skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon

Subfamily Hesperiinae - Grass Skippers
Umber Skipper - Poanes melane Long Dash - Polites mystic - female Skipper 3 - Polites themistocles - male Unkn skipper skipper Tawny-Edged Skipper Moth? - Atalopedes campestris Broad-winged Skipper - Poanes viator - female Small Butterfly on A Clethra flower. - Polites peckius

Subfamily Megathyminae - Giant Skippers
Strecker's Giant Skipper - Megathymus streckeri Yucca Giant-skipper - Megathymus yuccae - female Yucca Giant-skipper - Megathymus yuccae Yucca Giant Skipper - Megathymus yuccae Arizona Giant-Skipper (Agathymus aryxna) - Agathymus aryxna Huachuca Giant-Skipper - Agathymus evansi Giant Skipper? - Agathymus aryxna Yucca Giant-Skipper - Megathymus yuccae - male


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