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Subfamily Hesperiinae - Grass Skippers

Hesperiini · Percharini · Megathymini
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Tribe Hesperiini
Skipper - unidentified - Atalopedes huron - male Yehl Skipper - Poanes yehl Polites peckius - Peck’s Skipper - Polites peckius Broken Dash - Polites otho - female DION SKIPPER - Euphyes dion skipper, Austin TX - Copaeodes minima Hylephila phyleus Small orange butterfly - Hylephila phyleus

Tribe Percharini
Green-backed Ruby-eye - Perichares adela Green-backed Ruby-eye sleeping on a wall - Perichares adela Green-backed Ruby-eye - Perichares adela Butterfly 103045 - Perichares Green-backed Ruby-eye - Perichares adela Green-backed Ruby-eye - Perichares adela

Tribe Megathymini
Yucca Giant-skipper - Megathymus yuccae - male Yucca Giant Skipper - Megathymus yuccae My largest skipper ever - Megathymus ursus Yucca Giant-Skipper - Megathymus yuccae - male Yucca Giant-Skipper - Megathymus yuccae Georgia May Cofaqui - Megathymus cofaqui - male Huachuca Giant-Skipper - Agathymus evansi Poling's Giant Skipper - Agathymus polingi


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