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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 <small>(Lyman, 1892)</small> – Plains skipper
  • Hesperia attalus <small>(W. H. Edwards, 1871)</small> – dotted skipper – south United States
  • Hesperia caucasica <small>Riabov, 1926</small> Caucasus
  • Hesperia colorado <small>(Scudder, 1874)</small> – western branded skipper
  • Hesperia columbia <small>(Scudder, 1872)</small> – Columbian skipper – California to Southwest Oregon
  • Hesperia comma <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> – silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper
  • Hesperia dacotae <small>(Skinner, 1911)</small> – Dakota skipper
  • Hesperia florinda <small>(Butler, 1878)</small>
  • Hesperia juba <small>(Scudder, 1872)</small> – Juba skipper
  • Hesperia leonardus <small>(Harris, 1862)</small> – Leonard's skipper
  • Hesperia lindseyi <small>(Holland, 1930)</small> – Lindsey's skipper – Southwest Oregon, California, Southwest Arizona
  • Hesperia meskei <small>W. H. Edwards, 1877</small> – Meke's skipper, Dixie skipper – Texas to Florida
  • Hesperia metea <small>Scudder, 1863</small> – cobweb skipper
  • Hesperia miriamae <small>MacNeill, 1959</small> – Sierra skipper – Inyo County, California
  • Hesperia nabokovi <small>(Bell & Comstock, 1948)</small> Hispaniola
  • Hesperia nevada <small>(Scudder, 1874)</small> – Nevada skipper
  • Hesperia ottoe <small>W. H. Edwards, 1866</small> – Ottoe skipper
  • Hesperia pahaska <small>Luessler, 1938</small> – Pahaska skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus <small>Harris, 1862</small> – Indian skipper
  • Hesperia uncas <small>W. H. Edwards, 1863</small> – Uncas skipper
  • Hesperia viridis <small>(W. H. Edwards, 1883)</small> – green skipper – Mexico, New Mexico
  • Hesperia woodgatei <small>(R. C. Williams, 1914)</small> – Apache skipper – Arizona, New Mexico, South Texas, North Mexico

Former species

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.

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