• Source: Hesperia (butterfly)

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.




Species


The following species are recognised in the genus Hesperia:

Hesperia assiniboia (Lyman, 1892) – Plains skipper
Hesperia attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871) – dotted skipper – south United States
Hesperia caucasica Riabov, 1926 Caucasus
Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874) – western 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 juba (Scudder, 1872) – Juba skipper
Hesperia leonardus (Harris, 1862) – Leonard's skipper
Hesperia lindseyi (Holland, 1930) – Lindsey's skipper – Southwest Oregon, California, Southwest Arizona
Hesperia meskei W. H. Edwards, 1877 – Meke's skipper, Dixie skipper – Texas to Florida
Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863 – cobweb skipper
Hesperia miriamae MacNeill, 1959 – Sierra skipper – Inyo County, California
Hesperia nabokovi (Bell & Comstock, 1948) Hispaniola
Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874) – Nevada skipper
Hesperia ottoe W. H. Edwards, 1866 – Ottoe skipper
Hesperia pahaska Luessler, 1938 – Pahaska skipper
Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 – Indian skipper
Hesperia uncas W. H. Edwards, 1863 – Uncas skipper
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




= Former species

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Many species originally described in the genus Hesperia have now been reclassified. For a list of selected former species see List of former species in the genus Hesperia.




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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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Hesperiidae
• Hesperia (butterfly)
• Hesperia
• Hesperia comma
• Hesperia florinda
• Hesperia assiniboia
• Hesperia pahaska
• Hesperia leonardus
• Hesperia ottoe
• Hesperia colorado
• List of former species in the genus Hesperia