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Hesperia

 
Wikipedia: Hesperia (butterfly)
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.

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

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