About Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874)
The genus Hesperia, commonly called branded skippers, belongs to the Hesperiidae (skipper) butterfly family and has a Holarctic distribution. Most species in this genus are endemic to North America, and Hesperia comma is widespread across this continent. Hesperia florinda is endemic to temperate eastern Asia, while Hesperia nabokovi is endemic to Hispaniola. It is presumed that Johan Christian Fabricius named the genus after Hesperia, one of the Hesperides. The species covered here is Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874).
