Hesperiidae
Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
The long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found across the Americas, whose caterpillars are common bean pests.
Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882)
Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882)
Chisos banded skipper, Autochton cincta, is a dicot skipper butterfly found in Central and North America.
Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)
Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)
The white-tailed longtail (Urbanus doryssus) is a dicot skipper butterfly found across the Americas.
Aguna claxon Evans, 1952
Aguna claxon Evans, 1952
Aguna claxon, the emerald aguna, is a dicot skipper butterfly found across the Americas.
Zestusa dorus (Edwards, 1882)
Zestusa dorus (Edwards, 1882)
Zestusa dorus, the short-tailed skipper, is a dicot skipper butterfly species found in North and Central America.
Lobocla bifasciatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Lobocla bifasciatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Lobocla bifasciatus is a dull greyish-black butterfly found across most of northern Asia.
Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905)
Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905)
The Arizona skipper Codatractus arizonensis is a dicot skipper butterfly found in North and Central America.
Polygonus leo (Gmelin, 1790)
Polygonus leo (Gmelin, 1790)
Polygonus leo, the hammock skipper, is a dicot skipper butterfly found across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824)
Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824)
The hammock skipper (Polygonus leo) is a dicot skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae found across the Americas and Caribbean.
Cogia hippalus (Edwards, 1882)
Cogia hippalus (Edwards, 1882)
Cogia hippalus, the acacia skipper, is a dicot skipper butterfly found across Central, North, and South America.
Phocides pigmalion (Cramer, 1779)
Phocides pigmalion (Cramer, 1779)
Phocides pigmalion, the pigmalion skipper, is a Hesperiidae butterfly ranging from Central America to Argentina with past taxonomic confusion.
Phocides polybius (Fabricius, 1793)
Phocides polybius (Fabricius, 1793)
Phocides polybius, the bloody spot or guava skipper, is a Hesperiidae butterfly native to the Americas from Texas to Argentina.
Dyscophellus euribates (Stoll, 1782)
Dyscophellus euribates (Stoll, 1782)
Dyscophellus euribates is a crepuscular butterfly ranging from Costa Rica to Bolivia and southern Brazil, with a 28–30 mm wingspan.
Euschemon rafflesia (MacLeay, 1926)
Euschemon rafflesia (MacLeay, 1926)
Euschemon rafflesia, the regent skipper, is a unique butterfly that retains an ancestral wing-coupling structure absent in most other butterflies.
Elbella scylla (Ménétriés, 1855)
Elbella scylla (Ménétriés, 1855)
Elbella scylla is a skipper butterfly species, also called Scylla skipper or Scylla firetip, found from Mexico to Costa Rica.
Metardaris cosinga (Hewitson, 1874)
Metardaris cosinga (Hewitson, 1874)
Metardaris cosinga is the only species in the monotypic Neotropical firetip genus Metardaris, found in Bolivia and Peru, with larvae eaten as a delicacy in Peru.
Pyrrhopyge araxes (Hewitson, 1867)
Pyrrhopyge araxes (Hewitson, 1867)
Pyrrhopyge araxes, the dull firetip, is a butterfly species found in southwestern North American woodlands and openings.
Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri (Bailey, 1880)
Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri (Bailey, 1880)
Fritzgaertner's flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri) is a spread-wing skipper butterfly found in Central and North America.
Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, 1865)
Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, 1865)
Celaenorrhinus ambareesa, the Malabar spotted flat, is a butterfly found across India in forest habitats.
Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, 1848)
Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, 1848)
Celaenorrhinus leucocera, the common spotted flat, is a variable dark brown butterfly found across South and Southeast Asia.
Celaenorrhinus putra (Moore, 1865)
Celaenorrhinus putra (Moore, 1865)
This is a detailed description of the wing and body markings of Celaenorrhinus putra, compared to Celaenorrhinus leucocera.
Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865)
Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865)
Sarangesa dasahara, the common small flat, is a dull small butterfly found across much of South and Southeast Asia.
Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882
Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882
Sarangesa purendra is a butterfly species described by Frederic Moore, with detailed wing markings differing from related S. dasahara.
Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909
Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909
Sarangesa seineri, the dusted or dark elfin, is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in southern and central Africa, with larvae feeding on Peristrophe hensii.
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