Hesperiidae
Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Spialia spio, the mountain sandman, is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in parts of Africa and southwestern Arabia, with larvae feeding on various plants.
Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Spialia sertorius, the red-underwing skipper, is a European skipper butterfly identified by wing markings, associated with limestone grasslands.
Spialia sertorius orbifer (Hübner, 1823)
Spialia sertorius orbifer (Hübner, 1823)
This is a detailed description of the red-underwing skipper Spialia sertorius, covering identification, range, habitat, and ecology.
Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
Spialia mafa is a hesperiid butterfly found in southwestern Africa and southern Arabia, with larvae feeding on specific plant genera.
Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
Spialia diomus, the common sandman, is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia.
Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Gomalia elma is a butterfly species found across parts of Africa and Asia that feeds on multiple Abutilon plant species.
Syrichtus tessellum (Hübner, 1803)
Syrichtus tessellum (Hübner, 1803)
Syrichtus tessellum is a skipper species with described forms and subspecies spread across Eurasia.
Syrichtus cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841)
Syrichtus cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841)
Syrichtus cribrellum is a small butterfly species found across parts of Russia and eastern Asia with distinct wing markings.
Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
Carcharodus floccifera is a skipper butterfly ranging from the Iberian Peninsula to western Mongolia, with host plants in the Lamiaceae family.
Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
Carcharodus lavatherae is a mottled winged species distributed across Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Western Asia.
Syrichtus proto (Esper, 1830)
Syrichtus proto (Esper, 1830)
Syrichtus proto (Esper, 1830) is a variable skipper butterfly found across parts of Europe and Western/Central Asia.
Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)
Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)
Udaspes folus, the grass demon, is a small black-and-white butterfly found across South and East Asia.
Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775)
Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775)
Aeromachus pygmaeus is a skipper butterfly, and its larvae feed on three specific grass species.
Aeromachus jhora (de Nicéville, 1885)
Aeromachus jhora (de Nicéville, 1885)
Aeromachus jhora is a small skipper butterfly species described by de Nicéville in 1885, with characteristic dark brown wings and distinct spot patterns.
Aeromachus plumbeola (Felder, 1867)
Aeromachus plumbeola (Felder, 1867)
Aeromachus plumbeola is a small Hesperiidae butterfly found in the Philippines and southern India.
Halpe porus (Mabille, 1876)
Halpe porus (Mabille, 1876)
Halpe porus is a skipper butterfly with described adult traits, whose larvae feed on two bamboo species.
Halpe homolea hindu Evans, 1937
Halpe homolea hindu Evans, 1937
Halpe homolea hindu Evans, 1937 is a variable skipper butterfly with highly variable wing markings across individuals.
Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)
Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)
Ampittia dioscorides is a butterfly species with distinct visual differences between male and individual wing patterns and coloration.
Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)
Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)
Ampittia virgata is a 30–32 mm wingspan Hesperiidae butterfly found in China and Taiwan, described in 1890.
Ampittia subvittatus
Ampittia subvittatus
Ampittia subvittatus, the tiger hopper, is a butterfly species found in South Asia, living in rainy high evergreen forests.
Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll, 1782)
Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll, 1782)
This is a detailed description of the skipper butterfly Hyarotis adrastus, including its physical traits and broad South and East Asian distribution.
Thoressa varia (Murray, 1876)
Thoressa varia (Murray, 1876)
Thoressa varia is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in eastern Asia whose larvae feed on Sasa kurilensis.
Thoressa masoni (Moore, 1878)
Thoressa masoni (Moore, 1878)
Thoressa masoni (Mason's ace) is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in parts of the Indomalayan realm, with distinct yellow hindwing spots.
Baracus vittatus hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Baracus vittatus hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Baracus vittatus hampsoni is a butterfly species first formally described by Edward Yerbury Watson in 1891.
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