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Hesperia Fabricius, 1793

Branded Skippers
Hesperia Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 258, TS: Papilio comma Linnaeus
Pamphila Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 287, TS: Papilio comma Linaneus
Diorthosus Rafinesque, 1815

= ; [NL4A, 68]

Steropes Rafinesque, 1815; (unavail.)
Phidias Rafinesque, 1815; (repl. name)
Symmachia Sodoffsky, 1837; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 82 (repl. Hesperia Fabricius, preocc. Hübner, [1819])
Ocytes Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 76, TS: Hesperia metea Scudder

= ; [NL4A, 68]

Anthomaster Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 78, TS: Hesperia leonardus Harris

= ; [NL4A, 68]

Urbicola Tutt, 1905; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 8 : 84, TS: Papilio comma Linnaeus

= ; [NL4A, 69]

Pamphilus Ihering, 1908

= ; [NL4A, 69]

Herpena ; Edwards, 1872, (missp.) Anthosmastes ; Scudder, 1881, (missp.) Phamphila ; Mabille, 1891, (missp.) Pmaphila ; Maynard, 1891, (missp.); Mabille, 1891, (missp.) Pamphala ; Maynard, 1891, (missp.) Pamphilia ; Moffat, 1894, (missp.) Hesperis ; Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1897, (missp.) Pamhpila ; Maynard, 1901, (missp.) Pamhila ; Maynard, 1901, (missp.)

Herperia ; Woodworth, 1913, (missp.) Pamphilv ; Rocha, 1936, (missp.) Hesperria ; Justino, 1949, (missp.) Hespena ; dos Passos, 1964, (missp.) Uribicola ; Bridges, 1988, (missp.) Hesperia ; Godman & Salvin, [1899], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 449 Hesperia (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 68]

640x546 (~33Kb) USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	500x401 (~22Kb) USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	500x630 (~38Kb) USA: Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
600x505 (~39Kb) USA: FR9708, Table Mtn (47°18'28N 120°41'25W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	800x577 (~47Kb) USA: Table Mtn (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	500x642 (~48Kb) USA: Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve, Thurston Co., WA, 13.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)

NAF, EU, Temperate Asia, NA. See [About maps] Valkotäpläpaksupää Silver-spotted Skipper Common Branded Skipper Holarctic Grass Skipper Allmän ängssmygare Kommasmygare Kommafalter le Comma Dorada manchas blancas Karłątek klinek
Papilio comma Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 484, TL: [Sweden]
Hesperia comma, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Hesperia comma, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Hesperia comma, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperia comma, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Hesperia comma, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Hesperia comma, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Hesperia comma, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Hesperia comma, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Erynnis comma ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 477; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 49
Hesperia comma ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 18-19]; [BRU, 131]; [NACL, #4020]; [MRS, 732]; [BOC, 74]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1629]; [Otakar Kudrna]

500x458 (~84Kb) upperside Martin down, Dorset UK 06/08/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

500x350 (~52Kb) underside Martin down, Dorset UK 06/08/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

350x500 (~24Kb) underside A patch of a meadow steppe at the village Fadino, 10 km S of the city Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. 15th August 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Holcus, Poa [SPRK]

H. c. catena (Staudinger, 1861)

H. c. benuncas (Oberthür, 1912)

Morocco, Algeria Augiades benuncas Oberthür, 1912; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1912 : 349-351, TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Hesperia comma maroccana Picard, 1950; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 28: 129-130, TL: Afraou des Beni Abdallah, Daya Chicker, Tameghilt, Col du Taghzeft (Morocco)
Hesperia comma benuncas ; [BMAT: 98, pl. 31, f. 50-53]

Larva on (in Spain) Lotus corniculatus, Ornithopus perpusillus, Poaceae [BMAT]

H. c. pallida Staudinger, 1901

Transcaucasia Hesperia comma pallida Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb., 1: 92, TL: Turkey

In [BMAT], a synomym of Hesperia comma benuncas.

H. c. mixta Alpheraky, 1881

comma mixta Alpheraky, 1881; , TL: Tian-Shan

H. c. shandura Evans, 1949²

comma shandura Evans, 1949²; , TL: Chitral

H. c. lena Korshunov & P. Gorbunov, 1995

comma lena Korshunov & P. Gorbunov, 1995; , TL: Yakutia, Chukot Peninsula
Hesperia comma lena, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]

H. c. planula Korshunov, 1995

comma planula Korshunov, 1995; , TL: W. Siberia

H. c. sushkini Korshunov, 1995

H. c. dimila (Moore, [1875])

Pamphila dimila Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 576, TL: Runang Pass, Busahir
Hesperia comma dimila ; [MRS, 732]

H. c. borealis Lindsey, 1942

Hesperia comma borealis ; [NACL, #4020d]

H. c. dodgei (Bell, 1927)

Hesperia comma dodgei ; [NACL, #4020i]

H. c. hulbirti Lindsey, 1939

W.Washington (Olympics) Hesperia comma hulbirti Lindsey, 1939; , TL: Hurrican Hill, Olympic Mts., Washington
Hesperia comma hulbirti ; [NACL, #4020k]; [BOC, 74]

H. c. laurentina (Lyman, 1892)

Canada, Minnesota comma laurentina (Lyman, 1892); Can. Ent. 24 (3) : 58 (?1893, vol. 25?)
Erynnis comma laurentina ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia laurentina ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 2]
Hesperia comma laurentina ; [NACL, #4020c]

H. c. manitoba (Scudder, 1874)

N.Cascades (N.Washington, S.British Columbia) comma manitoba (Scudder, 1874); Mem. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 2 (Pt 3, No. 4): 351, TL: "Colorado; Canada"
Hesperia colorado Dyar, 1905, not Scudder, 1874
Erynnis comma manitoba ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia comma manitoba ; [NACL, #4020a]; [BOC, 74]

Larva on Festuca ovina [BOC]

H. c. ochracea Lindsey, 1941

Hesperia comma ochracea ; [NACL, #4020l]

H. c. oroplata Scott, 1981

H. c. susanae Miller, 1962

Arizona Hesperia comma susanae Miller, 1962; , TL: Arizona
Hesperia comma susanae, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Hesperia comma susanae ; [NACL, #4020n]; [NL4A, #1629b]

H. c. yosemite Leussler, 1933

Hesperia colorado Garth, 1935, not Scudder, 1874
Hesperia harpalus Lindsey, 1940, not Edwards, 1881
Hesperia comma yosemite ; [NACL, #4020f]

Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874)

California - S.British Columbia, Alberta. See [About maps] Western Branded Skipper Common Branded Skipper
colorado (Scudder, 1874); Mem. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 2 (Pt 3, No. 4): 349
Hesperia colorado, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erynnis comma colorado ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 49
Hesperia comma colorado ; [NACL, #4020m]
Hesperia colorado ; [BOC, 74]; [Opler]; Shapiro & Forister, 2005, J. Lep. Soc. 59 (3): 161-165

H. c. harpalus (Edwards, 1881)

Idaho Branded Skipper
colorado harpalus (Edwards, 1881); Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9 : 3, TL: Carson City, Nevada

= comma idaho (Edwards, 1883); [BOC, 74]

idaho (Edwards, 1883); Can. Ent. 15 (8) : 148, TL: Lake Tahoe, Placer Co., California
?cabelus (Edwards, 1881); Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9 : 4

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?idaho (Edwards, 1883)

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?manitoba (W. G. Wright, 1905, not Scudder, 1874)

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?colorado (W. G. Wright, 1905, not Scudder, 1874)

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?oregonia (W. G. Wright, 1905, not Edwards, 1883)

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?viridis (Comstock, 1927, not Edwards, 1883)

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?leussleri (Lindsey, 1942, not Lindsey, 1940); (part)

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

?Hesperia ruricola dos Passos, not Boisduval, 1852

= comma harpalus (Edwards, 1881); [NACL]

Erynnis harpalus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50 Erynnis comma idaho ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50 Hesperia comma idaho ;

Hesperia colorado idaho ; [BOC, 74] Erynnis cabelus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50 Hesperia harpalus ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 9 (text)] Hesperia comma harpalus ; [NACL, #4020e] Hesperia colorado idaho ; [BOC, 74]

identification uncertain 700x830 (~68Kb) underside USA: FR 9705 nr. Liberty and Lion Gulch, (47°17'44N 120°39'54W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Muhlenbergia, Stipa, Andropogon, Lolium [BNA, (for idaho?)]

H. c. oregonia (Edwards, 1883)

Oregon Branded Skipper
Pamphila oregonia Edwards, 1883; Can. Ent. 15 (8) : 150, TL: Trinity Co, California
?ruricola (Wright, 1905, not Boisduval, 1852)

= comma oregonia (Edwards, 1883); [NACL]

?Hesperia juba Comstock, 1927, not Scudder, 1872

= comma oregonia (Edwards, 1883); [NACL]

?Hesperia nevada Comstock, 1927, not Scudder, 1872

= comma oregonia (Edwards, 1883); [NACL]

?Hesperia manitoba Blackmore, 1927, not Scudder, 1874

= comma oregonia (Edwards, 1883); [NACL]

?Hesperia colorado Blackmore, 1927, not Scudder, 1874

= comma oregonia (Edwards, 1883); [NACL]

?Hesperia idaho Leighton, 1946, not Edwards, 1883

= comma oregonia (Edwards, 1883); [NACL]

Erynnis comma oregonia ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 49
Hesperia comma oregonia ; [NACL, #4020j]
Hesperia colorado oregonia ; [BOC, 74]

Larva on Festuca idahoensis, Lolium, Bromus [BOC]

H. c. mattoonorum McGuire, 1998

Hesperia colorado mattoonorum McGuire, 1998; in Emmel, Systematics of W. North Am. Butts: (461-474), TL: Smith R., Del Norte Co., California
Hesperia colorado mattoonorum ; [BOC, 74]

H. c. tildeni Freeman, 1956

Hesperia tildeni Freeman, 1956; Lepid. News. 9 (6): (196-198), TL: Cherry Flat Reservoir, Santa Clara Co., California
Hesperia comma tildeni ; [NACL, #4020h]
Hesperia colorado tildeni ; Opler & Warren, 2002

H. c. leussleri Lindsey, 1940

California Hesperia comma leussleri Lindsey, 1940; , TL: California
Hesperia colorado leussleri, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia colorado leussleri, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia comma leussleri ; [NACL, #4020g]; [NL4A, #1629a]
Hesperia colorado leussleri ;

Hesperia florinda (Butler, 1878)

Transbaikalia - Korea, Amur, Ussuri, Japan. See [About maps] florinda (Butler, 1878); Cistula Entomologica, 2(19): 285, TL: Japan
repugnans Staudinger, 1892
mikado Leech, 1895
Hesperia florinda ; [BRU, 132]
Hesperia comma florinda ; [MRS, 732]

Larva on Carex [BRU, Fukuda et al., 1984]

H. f. rozhkovi Kurentzov, 1970

Transbaikalia

800x600 (~85Kb) male A forb meadow on a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 24th July 1997, on Dianthus versicolor Fischer ex Link, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Hesperia uncas Edwards, 1863

W.Great Plains, Nevada - Mexico. See [About maps] Uncas Skipper White-vein Skipper
Hesperia uncas Edwards, 1863; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 19, TL: Denver, Colorado
Hesperia uncas, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Hesperia uncas, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia uncas uncas, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia uncas, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperia unkas[sic, recte uncas] ; Mabille
Hesperia uncus[sic, recte uncas] ; Brown, Eff & Rotger, 1956
Erynnis uncas ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia uncas ; [NACL, #4018]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 10]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1634]

Larva on Stipa nevadensis, Bouteloua gracilis [NAB]

H. u. uncas

Colorado, ...? Hesperia ridingsii Reakirt, 1866; , TL: USA(Colorado)

= ; [NL4A, #1634a]

unkas ; Mabille, 1904, (missp.)
ridingsi ; Lindsey, 1921, (missp.)
riddingsii ; Draudt, 1923, (missp.)
uncus ; Brown et al., 1956, (missp.)
Hesperia uncas uncas ; [NL4A, #1634a]

H. u. lasus (Edwards, 1884)

Arizona uncas lasus (Edwards, 1884) (Pamphila); Papilio 4 (3) : 54, TL: Arizona
Hesperia uncas lasus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia uncas lasus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia uncas lasus, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Erynnis lasus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia uncas lasus ; [NACL, #4018a]; [NL4A, #1634c]

H. u. macswaini MacNeill, 1964

Hesperia uncas macswaini MacNeill, 1964; Blancos Corral, White Mts., Mono Co., California
Hesperia uncas macswaini, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia uncas macswaini ; [NACL, #4018b]; [BOC, 72]

Larva on Stipa nevadensis, S. pinetorum [BOC]

H. u. gilberti MacNeill, 1964

Mexico Hesperia uncas gilberti MacNeill, 1964; , TL: Mexico(Distrito Federal)
Hesperia uncas gilberti, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia uncas gilberti, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia uncas gilberti ; [NL4A, #1634b]

Hesperia juba (Scudder, 1872)

WNA, S.British Colombia. See [About maps] Juba Skipper Yuba Skipper Jagged-border Skipper
Pamphila juba Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 77, TL: neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah [or California?]
ab. ogdenensis (Holland, 1931) (Erynnis); , TL: Utah

= ; [NL4A, #1630]

Hesperia nevada Garth, 1934, not Scudder, 1874
Hesperia juba, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia juba, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia juba, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
suba ; Möschler, 1878, (missp.)
Erynnis comma juba ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia juba ; [NACL, #4019]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1630]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Hesperia viridis Wright, 1905; ( not Edwards, 1883)
Hesperia colorado Wright, 1905; (not Scudder, 1874)

identification uncertain 500x609 (~45Kb) underside USA: Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve, Thurston Co., WA, 13.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Stipa, Poa pratensis, Bromus, Deschampsia [BOC]

Hesperia lindseyi (Holland, 1930)

SW.Oregon - California - SW.Arizona. See [About maps] Lindsey's Skipper Lindsey's Branded Skipper Lost-egg Skipper
Erynnis lindseyi Holland, 1930; , TL: Nellie and Ukiah, California
Hesperia lindseyi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperia lindseyi ; [NACL, #2032]; [BOC, 78]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1631]

Larva on Festuca, Danthonia [NAB], Festuca idahoensis, Danthonia californica [BOC]

H. l. lindseyi

California Hesperia lindseyi lindseyi ; [NL4A, #1631a]

H. l. macneillii Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

California Hesperia lindseyi macneillii Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; in Emmel, Systematics W. North Am. Butts.: (475-480)
Hesperia lindseyi macneillii ; Severns & Severns, 2005, J. Lep. Soc. 59 (3): f. 1E-F

H. l. eldorado Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

California Hesperia lindseyi eldorado Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; in Emmel, Systematics W. North Am. Butts.: (475-480)

H. l. septentrionalis Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

S.Oregon, N.California Hesperia lindseyi septentrionalis Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; in Emmel, Systematics W. North Am. Butts.: (475-480), TL: Little Shata R., E of Montague, Siskiyou Co., California
Hesperia lindseyi septentrionalis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia lindseyi septentrionalis ; [BOC, 78]; Severns & Severns, 2005, J. Lep. Soc. 59 (3): f. 1C-D

H. l. mccorklei Severns & Severns, 2005

SW.Oregon Hesperia lindseyi mccorklei Severns & Severns, 2005; J. Lep. Soc. 59 (3): 166, f. 1A-B, TL: Oregon, Douglas Co., Hillside N of Jackson Creek Road, 3.8mi E of junction with South Umpqua Road

Hesperia woodgatei (Williams, 1914)

Arizona, New Mexico, S.Texas, N.Mexico. See [About maps] Apache Skipper
Pamphila woodgatei Williams, 1914; , TL: New Mexico
Hesperia liberia Evans, 1955, not Plötz, 1883
Hesperia woodgatei, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia woodgatei, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia woodgatei, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperia woodgatei, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Hesperia woodgatei ; [NACL, #4021]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1636]

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

Hesperia ottoe Edwards, 1866

Nebraska, Arizona, Kansas, ?. See [About maps] Ottoe Skipper
Hesperia ottoe Edwards, 1866; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 207, TL: Kansas
Hesperia ottoe, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erynnis ottoe ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia ottoe ; [NACL, #4022]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 5 (text)]; [Opler]

Larva on Poaceae, Leptoloma cognatum [NAB]

Hesperia leonardus Harris, 1862

Canada - Florida. See [About maps] Leonardus Skipper
Hesperia leonardus Harris, 1862; Treatise Ins. injur. Veget. (3rd edn): 314, f. 138
Hesperia leonardus f. stallingsi Freeman, 1944; Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 38 (5): (153-154), TL: Blendon, Franklin Co., Ohio
Hesperia leonardus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Anthomaster leonardus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 51
Hesperia leonardus ; [NACL, #4023]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 3]; [Opler]

Larva on Agrostis, Panicum, Eragrostis [NAB]

Hesperia pawnee Dodge, 1874

Colorado. See [About maps] Pawnee Skipper
Hesperia pawnee Dodge, 1874; Can. Ent. 6 (3) : 44
montana (Skinner, 1911)
ogallala (Leussler, 1921)
Erynnis pawnee ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia pawnee ; [NACL, #4024]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 5]
Hesperia leonardus pawnee ;

Hesperia pahaska Leussler, 1938

-. See [About maps] Pahaska Skipper
Hesperia pahaska Leussler, 1938; , TL: Nebraska
Hesperia pahaska, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperia pahaska ; [NACL, #4025]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1633]

Larva on Poaceae, Bouteloua gracilis, Tridens pulchella [NAB]

H. p. pahaska

Nebraska Hesperia pahaska pahaska ; [NL4A, #1633a]

H. p. williamsi Lindsey, 1940

Arizona Hesperia pahaska williamsi Lindsey, 1940; , TL: Arizona
Hesperia pahaska williamsi, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia pahaska williamsi, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia pahaska williamsi, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Hesperia pahaska williamsi ; [NACL, #4025a]; [NL4A, #1633b]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Hesperia columbia Evans, 1955; (not Scudder, 1872)

H. p. martini MacNeill, 1964

Hesperia pahaska martini ; [NACL, #4025b]

Hesperia columbia (Scudder, 1872)

Baja California - SW.Oregon. See [About maps] Columbian Skipper Columbia Skipper Chaparral
Pampihla columbia Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 56, TL: "California"
sylvanoides (Scudder, 1874, not Boisduval, 1852)
Pamphila california Wright, 1905; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1628]

Thymelicus erynnioides Dyar, 1907; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1628]

idaho (Seitz, 1924, not Edwards, 1883)
Hesperia columbia, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia columbia, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
californica ; Skinner, 1920, (missp.)
colnmbia ; Kirby, 1877, (missp.)
erynnoides ; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
Erynnis comma columbia ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 49
Hesperia columbia ; [NACL, #4026]; [BOC, 76]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1628]

Misidentified/misapplied:

zabulon; Kirby, 1877
colorado; Edwards, 1877

Larva on Koeleria cristata [NAB]

Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863

E.USA. See [About maps] Cobweb Skipper
Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863; Proc. Essex Inst. 3: 177
Hesperia metea metea, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia metea, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erynnis metea ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia metea ; [NACL, #4027]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 4]; [Opler]

Larva on Andropogon scoparius [NAB]

H. m. licinus (Edwards, 1871)

Texas Pamphila licinus Edwards, 1871; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 275, TL: nr. Waco, Texas
Hesperia horus Edwards, 1871; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 277, TL: Dallas, Texas

= ; Freeman, 1948, Ent. News 59 (8): (203-206)

Hesperia metea f. belfragei Freeman, 1944; Field and Lab. 12 (1): (20-22), TL: Cedar Hill, Dallas Co., Texas

= ; Freeman, 1948, Ent. News 59 (8): (203-206)

Erynnis licinus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Lerema horus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 53
Hesperia metea licinus ; [NACL, #4027a]

Hesperia viridis (Edwards, 1883)

Mexico, New Mexico. See [About maps] Green Skipper
Pamphila juba var. viridis Edwards, 1883; Can. Ent. 15 (8) : 147, TL: New Mexico
Hesperia viridis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperia viridis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia viridis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperia viridis, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Erynnis comma viridis ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia viridis ; [NACL, #2028]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1635]

Larva on Bouteloua gracilis? [NAB]

Hesperia attalus (Edwards, 1871)

S.USA. See [About maps] Dotted Skipper
Pamphila attalus Edwards, 1871; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 276, TL: nr Waco, Texas
seminole (Scudder, 1872)
quaiapen (Scudder, 1889)
Hesperia attalus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erynnis attalus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia attalus ; [NACL, #2029]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 1]; [Opler]

H. a. slossonae (Skinner, 1890)

Hesperia attalus slossonae ; [NACL, #2029a]

Hesperia meskei Edwards, 1877

Texas - Florida. See [About maps] Meske's Skipper Dixie Skipper
Hesperia meskei Edwards, 1877; Can. Ent. 9 (3) : 58
Hesperia meskei, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Anthomaster meskei ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 51
Hesperia meskei ; [NACL, #2030]; [Opler]

H. m. straton (Edwards, 1881)

Florida Pamphila straton Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1 (5) : 78, TL: Florida
stratton[sic, recte straton] ; Bell, 1938
Hesperia meskei straton ; [NACL, #2030a]

Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862

E.USA. See [About maps] Indian Skipper
Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862; Treatise Ins. injur. Veget. (3rd edn): 315
Hesperia sassacus sassacus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia sassacus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erynnis sassacus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia sassacus ; [NACL, #2033]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 9]; [Opler]

Larva on Panicum, Festuca, Digitaria [NAB]

H. s. manitoboides (Fletcher, 1889)

Pamphila manitoboides Fletcher, 1889; Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont. 19: 85
Pamphila manitoboides Fletcher, 1903; Trans. R. Soc. Canad. (2) 9 (4) : 215
Pamphila manitoboides Fletcher, 1904; Can. Ent. 36 (5) : 128
Hesperia sassacus manitoboides, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erynnis comma manitoboides ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia sassacus manitoboides ; [NACL, #2033a]

Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874)

Colorado. See [About maps] Nevada Skipper Montane Skipper
nevada (Scudder, 1874); Mem. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 2 (Pt 3, No. 4): 347, TL: "Colorado, Oregon"
colorado (Scudder, 1874, not Scudder, 1874); (part)
Hesperia nevada, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Hesperia nevada nevada, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperia nevada, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erynnis comma nevada ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 50
Hesperia nevada ; [NACL, #2035]; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 8 (text)]; [Opler]

Larva on Stipa occidentalis, Festuca ovina [NAB]

H. n. nevada

Hesperia nevada nevada ; [BOC, 80]

H. n. sierra Austin, Emmel, Emmel and Mattoon, 1998

Hesperia nevada sierra Austin, Emmel, Emmel and Mattoon, 1998; , TL: Tahoe Meadows, Carson Range, Washoe Co., California
Hesperia nevada sierra ; [BOC, 89]

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BMAT]

Tennent, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BNA]

Scott, 1986; The Butterflies of North America

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOC]

Robert Michael Pyle, 2002; The Butterflies of Cascadia

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU]

Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[NAB]

Pyle, 1981; Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bell & Comstock, 1948

A new genus and some new species and subspecies of American Hesperiidae Amer. Mus. Novit. No. 1379: 23pp

Burns, 1987

The big shift: nabokovi from Atalopedes to _Hesperia J. Lep. Soc. 41 (4): 173-186

Dodge, 1874

Hesperia pawnee N. sp. Can. Ent. 6 (3) : 44-45

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

Edwards, 1863

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (No. 1-3) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1, 11 (1863), (2): 78-82 (1863), (4): 501-507 (1864)

Edwards, 1866

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British America. No. 5 Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 200-208

Edwards, 1871

Descriptions of new species of North American butterflies Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 266-277

Edwards, 1877

Description of a new species of Hesperia from Texas Can. Ent. 9 (3) : 58-59

Edwards, 1881

Description of a new hesperian from Florida Papilio 1 (5) : 78-79

Edwards, 1881

Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9 : 1-8

Edwards, 1883

Notes on Dr. Speyer's paper Can. Ent. 15 (8) : 147-151

Edwards, 1884

Description. of new species of butterflies mostly from Arizona Papilio 4 (3) : 53-58

Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

Three new subspecies of Hesperia lindseyi (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in California and northwestern Nevada in Emmel, Systematics W. North Am. Butts.: 475-480

Evans, 1955

A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

Fletcher, 1904

Descriptions of some new species and varieties of Canadian butterflies Can. Ent. 36 (5) : 121-129

Freeman, 1944

A new form of Hesperia metea Scudder from Texas (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) Field and Lab. 12 (1): 20-22

Freeman, 1944

A new form of Hesperia leonardus (Harris) from the middle western United States (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Hesperiidae) Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 38 (5): 153-154

Freeman, 1948

Notes on some North American skippers, with the description of a new species from Kansas (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Ent. News 59 (8) : 203-206

Freeman, 1956

A new species of Hesperia from Califormia (Hesperiidae) Lepid. News. 9 (6): 196-198

Godman & Salvin, [1899]; Godman & Salvin, [1900]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Harris, 1862

A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation Treatise Ins. injur. Veget. (3rd edn): 1-640, 8pls

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Lyman, 1892

Pamphila manitoba, Scud., and its varieties Can. Ent. 24 (3) : 57-59

McGuire, 1998

Description of three new subspecies of Hesperia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western United States in Emmel, Systematics of W. North Am. Butts: 461-474

Moore, [1875]

Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 565-579, pl. 66-67

Oberthür, 1912

Description d'une nouvelle espèce algérienne d'_Hesperiidae Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1912 : 349-351

Plötz, 1883

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233

Plötz, 1885

Neue Hesperiden des indischen Archipels und Ost-Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H. Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C. Ribbe auf Celebes, Java un den Aru-Inseln, Künstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kühn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 225-232

Riley, 1975

Field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies Field Guide butts West Indies: 244pp

Scudder, 1872

A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83

Scudder, 1874

The species of the lepidopterous genus Pamphila Mem. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 2 (Pt 3, No. 4): 341-353

Severns & Severns, 2005

Hesperia lindseyi mccorklei (Hesperiidae): a new subspecies of skipper from southwestern Oregon, USA J. Lep. Soc. 59 (3): 166-169

Shapiro & Forister, 2005

Phenological "races" of the Hesperia colorado complex (Hesperiidae) on the west slope of the California Sierra Nevada J. Lep. Soc. 59 (3): 161-165

Sodoffsky, 1837

Entomologische untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 76-97

Tutt, 1905

A natural history of the British Lepidoptera. A text-book for students and collectors Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 8 : 1-479, pl. 1-20

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.