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CHECKLIST OF 47 SKIPPER SPECIES OF UTAH

HESPERIIDAE (SKIPPERS)

[Species (common name) Number of Counties found]

PYRGINAE (HERB, SHRUB, & TREE SKIPPERS)

  • Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper) 13 Cos
  • Erynnis afranius (bald duskywing) 17 Cos
  • Erynnis brizo (banded oak duskywing) 21 Cos
  • Erynnis funeralis (streamlined duskywing) Wa Co
  • Erynnis horatius (brown duskywing) SJ Co
  • Erynnis icelus (aspen duskywing) 12 Cos
  • Erynnis meridianus (southern duskywing) 2 Cos
  • Erynnis pacuvius (buckthorn duskywing) 11 Cos
  • Erynnis persius (hairy duskywing) 13 Cos
  • Erynnis telemachus (gambel oak duskywing) 23 Cos
  • Heliopetes ericetorum (great white skipper) 11 Cos
  • Hesperopsis alpheus (saltbush sootywing) 8 Cos
  • Hesperopsis gracielus (grace sootywing) Wa Co
  • Hesperopsis libya (great basin sootywing) 8 Cos
  • Pholisora catullus (common sootywing) 22 Cos
  • Polygonus leo (hammock skipper) Wa Co
  • Pyrgus centaureae (alpine checkered skipper) 4 Cos
  • Pyrgus communis (common checkered skipper) All 29 Cos
  • Pyrgus ruralis (two-banded checkered skipper) 11 Cos
  • Pyrgus scriptura (small checkered skipper) 5 Cos
  • Thorybes mexicana (mountain cloudywing) 21 Cos
  • Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing) 14 Cos
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    HESPERIINAE (GRASS & SEDGE SKIPPERS)

  • Amblyscirtes aenus (bronze roadside skipper) 2 Cos
  • Amblyscirtes vialis (common roadside skipper) Ut Co
  • Atalopedes campestris (sachem skipper) Wa Co
  • Atrytonopsis vierecki (four-corners dusted skipper) 3 Cos
  • Copaeodes aurantiacus (western tiny skipperling) 3 Cos
  • Euphyes vestris (dun sedge skipper) Wa Co
  • Hesperia comma (holarctic branded skipper) 26 Cos
  • Hesperia juba (jagged-border skipper) 28 Cos
  • Hesperia nevada (montane skipper) 10 Cos
  • Hesperia pahaska (yellowdust skipper) 10 Cos
  • Hesperia uncas (whitevein skipper) 16 Cos
  • Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) Wa Co
  • Lerodea eufala (grey skipper) Wa Co
  • Oarisma garita (western skipperling) 19 Cos
  • Ochlodes sylvanoides (western skipper) 27 Cos
  • Ochlodes yuma (giant-reed skipper) 12 Cos
  • Piruna pirus (russet skipperling) 13 Cos
  • Poanes taxiles (golden skipper) 14 Cos
  • Polites draco (rocky mountain skipper) 16 Cos
  • Polites sabuleti (saltgrass skipper) 22 Cos
  • Polites sonora (western longdash skipper) lO Cos
  • Polites themistocles (tawny-edge skipper) lO Cos
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    MEGATHYMINAE (GIANT SKIPPERS)

  • Agathymus alliae (mojave giant skipper) Wa Co
  • Megathymus streckeri (plains giant skipper) 5 Cos
  • Megathymus yuccae (yucca giant skipper) 12 Cos
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    SJ Co = San Juan County

    Ut Co = Utah County

    Wa Co = Washington County

     

    Compiled by RAY E. STANFORD, MD

    720 Pairfax St Denver, CO 80220

    Checklist of Utah Skippers (includes all subspecies)

    All images of Limenitis weidemeyeri on the ULS Info Bar courtesy Jay Cossey

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