Hesperia

Hesperia
Female Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Hesperia Fabricius, 1793
Species
About 20, see text.

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Hesperia (the Branded Skippers) is a genus in the Skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family.

Hesperia species are:

• Hesperia assiniboia (Lyman, 1892) -- Plains Skipper
• Hesperia attalus (WH Edwards, 1871) -- Dotted Skipper
  • Hesperia attalus attalus (WH Edwards, 1871)
  • Hesperia attalus nigrescens (Gatrelle, 1999) -- Dark Dotted Skipper
  • Hesperia attalus slossonae (Skinner, 1871) -- Slosson's Dotted Skipper
• Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874) -- Western Branded Skipper
  • Hesperia colorado colorado (Scudder, 1874)
  • Hesperia colorado mattoonorum (McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia colorado ochracea -- Ochre Branded Skipper
  • Hesperia colorado oroplata
  • Hesperia colorado susanae -- Susan's Branded Skipper
• Hesperia columbia (Scudder, 1872) -- Columbian Skipper
• Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Silver-spotted Skipper or Common Branded Skipper
• Hesperia dacotae (Skinner, 1911) -- Dakota Skipper
• Hesperia juba (Scudder, 1872) -- Juba Skipper
• Hesperia leonardus (Harris, 1862) -- Leonard's Skipper
  • Hesperia leonardus leonardus (Harris, 1862) -- (= stallingsi (HA Freeman, 1943) -- morph)
  • Hesperia leonardus montana (Skinner, 1911) -- Mountain Skipper
  • Hesperia leonardus pawnee (Dodge, 1874) -- Pawnee Skipper (= ogallala (Leussler, 1921))
• Hesperia lindseyi (Holland, 1930) -- Lindsey's Skipper
  • Hesperia lindseyi lindseyi (Holland, 1930)
  • Hesperia lindseyi eldorado (J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998)
  • Hesperia lindseyi macneilli (J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998)
  • Hesperia lindseyi septentrionalis (J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998)
• Hesperia meskei (WH Edwards, 1877) -- Meke's Skipper
  • Hesperia meskei meskei (WH Edwards, 1877)
  • Hesperia meskei pinocayo (Gatrelle and Minno) -- Rockland Skipper
  • Hesperia meskei straton (WH Edwards 1881) -- Easter Meske's Skipper
• Hesperia metea (Scudder, 1864) -- Cobweb Skipper
  • Hesperia metea metea (Scudder, 1864)
  • Hesperia metea intermedia (Gatrelle) -- Southern Cobweb Skipper
  • Hesperia metea licinus (Edwards, 1871) -- Licinus Cobweb Skipper
• Hesperia miriamae (MacNeill, 1959) -- Sierra Skipper
  • Hesperia miriamae miriamae (MacNeill, 1959)
  • Hesperia miriamae longaevicola (McGuire, 1998)
• Hesperia nabokovi (Bell & Comstock, 1948)
• Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874) -- Nevada Skipper
  • Hesperia nevada nevada (Scudder, 1874)
  • Hesperia nevada sierra (Austin, J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998) -- Western Nevada Skipper
• Hesperia ottoe (WH Edwards, 1866) -- Ottoe Skipper
• Hesperia pahaska (Luessler, 1938) -- Pahaska Skipper
  • Hesperia pahaska pahaska (Luessler, 1938)
  • Hesperia pahaska martini (MacNeill, 1964) -- Martin's Skipper
  • Hesperia pahaska williamsi (Lindsey, 1938) -- William's Skipper
• Hesperia pawnee (Dodge, 1874)
• Hesperia sassacus (Harris, 1862) -- Indian Skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus sassacus (Harris, 1862)
  • Hesperia sassacus manitoboides (Fletcher. 1888) -- Northwestern Indian Skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus nantahala (Gatrelle & Grkovich) -- Carolina Indian Skipper
• Hesperia uncas (WH Edwards, 1863) -- Uncas Skipper
  • Hesperia uncas uncas (WH Edwards, 1863) (= ridingsii (Reakirt, 1866))
  • Hesperia uncas fulvapella (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas giulianii (McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas grandiosa (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas lasus (WH Edwards, 1881)
  • Hesperia uncas macswaini (MacNeill, 1964) -- MacSwain's Skipper
  • Hesperia uncas reeseorum (Austin & McGuire, 1998) -- Reeses' Uncas Skipper
  • Hesperia uncas terraclivosa (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
• Hesperia viridis (WH Edwards, 1883) -- Green Skipper
• Hesperia woodgatei (RC Williams, 1914) -- Apache Skipper

References and external links

• Systematic list of the butterflies of Norway
• Juba Skipper page
• Jeff's Butterfly Page
• Checklist of Butterflies of Tulare County
• University of Colorado Museum
• Gatrelle R. A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperi (Hesperiinae) in eastern north America (Part I: The south)
• Butterflies and Skippers of North America
• Standardized Common North American Butterfly names
• TC-ISBN Main List
• Hesperia from Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site.
• Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory