Hesperia (butterfly)

Hesperia
Hesperia comma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Hesperia Fabricius, 1793
Species
About 20 - see text
Synonyms
Pamphila Fabricius, 1807 Diorthosus Rafinesque, 1815 Steropes Rafinesque, 1815 Phidias Rafinesque, 1815 Symmachia Sodoffsky, 1837 Ocytes Scudder, 1872 Anthomaster Scudder, 1872 Urbicola Tutt, 1905 Pamphilus Ihering, 1908

Hesperia comma female

Hesperia comma female

Hesperia, the branded skippers, is a Holarctic genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. Most species are endemic to North America, Hesperia comma is widespread throughout the region. H. florinda is endemic to temperate eastern Asia. H. nabokovi is endemic to Hispaniola.

Presumably Johan Christian Fabricius named the genus for Hesperia, one of the Hesperides.

Hesperia species are:

• Hesperia assiniboia (Lyman, 1892) – Plains skipper
• Hesperia attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871) – dotted skipper – south United States
  • Hesperia attalus attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
  • Hesperia attalus nigrescens (Gatrelle, 1999) – dark dotted skipper
  • Hesperia attalus slossonae (Skinner, 1871) – Slosson's dotted skipper
• Hesperia caucasica Riabov, 1926 Caucasus
• 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 oregonia – Oregon branded skipper
  • Hesperia colorado oroplata
  • Hesperia colorado susanae – Susan's branded skipper
• Hesperia columbia (Scudder, 1872) – Columbian skipper – California to Southwest Oregon
• Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper
• Hesperia dacotae (Skinner, 1911) – Dakota skipper
• Hesperia florinda (Butler, 1878)
  • Hesperia florinda florinda (Butler, 1878) Transbaikalia, Korea, Amur, Ussuri, Japan
  • Hesperia florinda rozhkovi Kurentzov, 1970
• 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 – Southwest Oregon, California, Southwest Arizona
  • 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 W. H. Edwards, 1877 – Meke's skipper, Dixie skipper – Texas to Florida
  • Hesperia meskei meskei W. H. Edwards, 1877
  • Hesperia meskei pinocayo (Gatrelle and Minno) – Rockland skipper
  • Hesperia meskei straton (W. H. Edwards, 1881) – Easter Meske's skipper
• Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863 – 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 – Inyo County, California
  • Hesperia miriamae miriamae MacNeill, 1959
  • Hesperia miriamae longaevicola (McGuire, 1998)
• Hesperia nabokovi (Bell & Comstock, 1948) Hispaniola
• 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 W. H. 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 Colorado
• Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 – Indian skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus sassacus Harris, 1862
  • Hesperia sassacus manitoboides (J. Fletcher, 1888) – northwestern Indian skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus nantahala (Gatrelle & Grkovich) – Carolina Indian skipper
• Hesperia uncas W. H. Edwards, 1863 – Uncas skipper
  • Hesperia uncas uncas W. H. Edwards, 1863 (= ridingsii (Reakirt, 1866))
  • Hesperia uncas fulvapella (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas gilberti MacNeill, 1964
  • Hesperia uncas giulianii (McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas grandiosa (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas lasus (W. H. 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 (W. H. Edwards, 1883) – green skipper – Mexico, New Mexico
• Hesperia woodgatei (R. C. Williams, 1914) – Apache skipper – Arizona, New Mexico, South Texas, North Mexico

Pamphila

Pamphila was a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is now recognised as a junior objective synonym of Hesperia. A list of species formerly identified as Pamphila.

References and external links

• Savela, Markku. "Hesperia Fabricius, 1793". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
• Images representing Hesperia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Systematic list of the butterflies of Norway
• Juba Skipper page
• Jeff's Butterfly Page
• Checklist of Butterflies of Tulare County
• University of Colorado Museum
• Gatrelle R. A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperi (Hesperiinae) in eastern north America (Part I: The south)
• Butterflies and Skippers of North America
• Standardized Common North American Butterfly names
• TC-ISBN Main List
• Hesperia from Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site.
• Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory

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