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Skipper butterflies

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae (skippers)
Type species: Hesperia comma

Species on page: (out of 550 genera and 3500 species)

+ Woodland skipper ()
+ Large tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus)
+ Umber skipper (Poanes melane)
+ Alana white-skipper (Heliopetes alana)
+ Common checkered-skipper (Heliopetes alana)
+ Northern white-skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)

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Woodland ()

Skipper on yarrow

skipper butterfly

Woodland skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Family: Hesperiidae
Stanford
June 2014
Possibly woodland skipper

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Large tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus)

Aye aye

galapagos

Large tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Family: Hesperiidae (skipper)
Isabela, Galápagos
July 7, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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Umber skipper (Poanes melane)

Skipper on thistle

Diablo Canyon
Umber Skipper (Poanes melane)
Bioblitz
Diablo Canyon
October 20, 2018 Friday
Canon 7Dmark2

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Diablo Canyon
Umber Skipper (Poanes melane)
Bioblitz
Diablo Canyon
October 20, 2018 Friday
Canon 7Dmark2

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Alana Wwite-skipper (Heliopetes alana)

Alana

yellow butterfly

Alana White-Skipper (Heliopetes alana)
Family: Hesperiidae
Chapada National Park
Chapada dos Guimaraes
State of Mato Grosso
The Pantanal
August 10, 2014
Canon Rebel T5i

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Common checkered-skipper (Heliopetes alana)

Aye aye

Hellyer 2021
Common checkered-skipper (Heliopetes alana)
Family: Hesperiidae (skippers)
Hellyer Park Summer 2021 Bioblitz
August 22, 2021
Canon R5

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barkley field in spring
Common checkered-skipper (Heliopetes alana)
Family: Hesperiidae (skippers)
Barkley Field
April 21, 2023 Friday
Canon R5

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Northern white-skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)

delpuerto 2024

Northern white-skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)
Family: Hesperiidae (skipper)
Del Puerto Canyon
June 8, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

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Last modified: June 15, 2024
Created: June 30, 2014 (from atlas.html)
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