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Poanes zabulon, the Zabulon Skipper, is an eastern North American skipper exhibiting strong sexual dimorphism, with males bright orange-yellow and females dark brown with pale spots.
Atalopedes campestris, the Sachem, is a grass skipper widespread across the Americas that has notably expanded its breeding range northward in the United States over recent decades.
Ancyloxypha numitor, the Least Skipper, is one of the smallest skippers in North America, inhabiting wet meadows and marshes in the eastern United States and Canada.
Thymelicus lineola, the European Skipper, is native to Europe and Asia but was accidentally introduced near London, Ontario, Canada around 1910 and has since spread broadly across North America.
Lerema accius, the Clouded Skipper, is a skipper of the southeastern United States and Central America identified by dark-brown wings overlaid with a cloudy gray sheen and small translucent spots.
Polites vibex, the Whirlabout, is a small skipper of the southern United States and tropical Americas known for rapid, erratic flight and found in open grassy and disturbed habitats.
Wallengrenia egeremet, the Northern Broken-Dash, is an eastern North American grass skipper ranging from the southern Great Plains to Atlantic Canada, with larvae feeding on grasses.
Wallengrenia otho, the Southern Broken-Dash, is a grass skipper of the southeastern United States distinguished from its northern relative by differences in the shape of the male forewing stigma.
