Top Results for Hesperiidae

The silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus, is a widespread butterfly of the family Hesperiidae found across much of North America. Its brown wings carry orange markings, while the underside of the hindwing has a large, reflective silver-white spot that is its most recognizable feature. Adults vi...

Poanes zabulon, known as the Zabulon Skipper, is a skipper butterfly found in eastern North America. It shows strong sexual dimorphism, meaning the two sexes have different wing patterns: males are bright orange-yellow, while females are dark brown with pale spots. The species belongs to the grass-s...

Atalopedes campestris, commonly called the Sachem, is a small skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It occurs across much of North America and uses grasses as larval food plants, with adults visiting flowers for nectar. The species is recognizable by its tawny to brown wings and the pale mark...

The grizzled skipper is a small butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, found in parts of Europe. Its wings are brown with pale, checkered markings, giving the species a mottled appearance when the wings are closed or spread. Like other skippers, it has a rapid, darting flight and tends to res...

The western white skipper is a butterfly of the skipper family, Hesperiidae, native to western parts of North America. It has pale or white areas on the wings contrasted with darker margins and markings, although its appearance can vary between individuals and populations. The species is associated...

The Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor) is a small butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae and subfamily Hesperiinae. It occurs in much of eastern North America, including parts of the United States and Canada, where it is associated with wet meadows, marshes, ditches, and other grassy places. A...

The common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis, is a butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae. It occurs across much of North America and is recognized by the pale checkerboard markings on its dark wings, although its appearance can vary between individuals and regions. Adults visit flowers for ne...

The fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus, is a small butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, found across much of North America and in parts of Central and South America. Adults have orange or yellow-orange wings with darker markings, and males and females differ in their patterns. Its caterpillar...

The European skipper, Thymelicus lineola, is a small butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae and the subfamily Hesperiinae. It is native to Europe and parts of Asia, where its caterpillars feed mainly on grasses. The species was introduced accidentally to North America near London, Ontario, arou...

The Clouded Skipper, Lerema accius, is a butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It has dark brown wings with a muted gray or cloudy appearance and small pale translucent markings, although its pattern can vary with wear and lighting. The species occurs in the southeastern United States and ex...

Peck's skipper is a North American butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae. Adults are small, fast-flying butterflies with brown to orange-brown wings marked by pale yellow spots, and the pattern is especially useful for distinguishing the species from some related skippers. It is associated wit...

The White Checkered-Skipper, Burnsius albescens, is a small butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It occurs in parts of the southern United States, Mexico, and nearby regions, where it is associated with open habitats such as clearings, roadsides, fields, and other disturbed areas. The commo...

The Large Skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae found across much of Europe and parts of Asia. It has a compact, robust body and orange-brown wings marked with darker spots and bands. Like other skippers, it often holds its forewings and hindwings at different angles while resting, and it...

The Sachem Skipper is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is widespread and highly variable in appearance, with individuals differing in the amount and arrangement of orange, brown, and pale markings. Males commonly show a dark, square-edged patch on the forewing associated with...

Polites vibex, commonly called the Whirlabout, is a skipper butterfly found in the southern United States and tropical parts of the Americas. It belongs to the family Hesperiidae and is associated with open, grassy, and disturbed habitats rather than dense forest. The species is small and is known f...

The Sandhill Skipper is a butterfly of western North America belonging to the skipper family Hesperiidae. It is associated with open, often sandy or grass-dominated habitats, where adults feed and reproduce near suitable larval food plants. The species shows marked sexual dimorphism: males are gener...

The Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) is a small butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It occurs across much of Europe and is also established in parts of North America. Adults are typically orange-brown with darker wing markings. A useful identification feature is the black, parallel-sided...

The Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) is a butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, found in western North America from British Columbia and the western United States into northern Mexico. Adults have tawny or orange upper wings with dark borders; males usually show a dark scent mark on t...

The Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae that occurs across much of Europe and extends into parts of North Africa and the Middle East. Adults have rusty orange wings and can resemble the related Essex Skipper. A useful field distinction is the orange or yell...

The Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus) is a North American skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It has dark brown wings with aligned translucent white spots on the forewing and is difficult to distinguish from the Northern Cloudywing and Confused Cloudywing because of variation between...

Wallengrenia egeremet, commonly called the northern broken-dash, is a grass skipper butterfly native to eastern and central North America. Its range extends from parts of the southern Great Plains through the eastern United States and into Atlantic Canada. The caterpillars feed on grasses, while adu...

The Southern Broken-Dash, scientifically known as Wallengrenia otho, is a grass skipper butterfly found in the southeastern United States. It belongs to the skipper family Hesperiidae and is associated with grassland and other habitats where larval food plants occur. One feature used to distinguish...

The Uncas skipper, commonly identified as Hesperia uncas, is a butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae. It occurs in western North America, where it is associated with dry grasslands, sagebrush country, open woodland, and other habitats with sparse vegetation. The species is usually recognized b...

The northern cloudywing, Thorybes pylades, is a North American butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae. Adults have dark brown wings with small translucent or pale spots, and the underside is marked with lighter mottling that helps distinguish it from related cloudywings. It occurs across much o...

The Yuma skipper is a butterfly in the skipper family Hesperiidae found in parts of the western United States. It is associated with wet riparian habitats in otherwise dry landscapes, where its host plants include giant reed grasses in the genus Phragmites. This dependence on tall grasses and moist...

Juvenal's duskywing is a North American skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is a dark brown species with relatively subtle pale markings and a fringed wing margin, traits that can make it less conspicuous when it rests on leaves or bare ground. Adults often appear early in the flight sea...

The Rhesus skipper is a small butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It occurs in parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico, where its distribution is more limited than that of many other North American skippers. The species has the compact body, broad head, rapid flight, and predomi...

Horace's Duskywing is a butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, and the genus Erynnis. It is distributed across much of eastern and central North America and is associated with habitats where its larval food plants, especially oaks, occur. Adults are dark brown with pale markings and can produ...

The Dreamy Duskywing is a small North American butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, and the genus Erynnis. It is associated mainly with woodland and forest-edge habitats and is recognized by its subdued brown coloration and relatively inconspicuous wing pattern. In much of its range, adults...