Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network


Skipper Gallery (66 pictures)

The skippers belong to the family Hesperiidae. There are two sub families, Hesperiinae, the folded wing skippers, and Pyrginae, the spread wing skippers. The different varieties can be very hard to tell apart. See the full guidelines for further information on the skippers.

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Folded Wing Skippers

Black Dash Skipper
Black Dash Skipper
(Euphyes conspicua)
 Broadwing Skipper
Broadwing Skipper
(Poanes viator)
 Byssus Skipper
Byssus Skipper
(Problema byssus)
 Crossline Skipper
Crossline Skipper
(Polites origenes)
Delaware Skipper
Delaware Skipper
(Anatrytone logan)
 Dion Skipper
Dion Skipper
(Euphyes dion)
 Dun Skipper
Dun Skipper
(Euphyes ruricola)
 European Skipper
European Skipper
(Thymelicus lineola)
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
(Hylephila phyleus)
 Hobomok Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
(Poanes hobomok)
 Least Skipper
Least Skipper
(Ancyloxypha numitor)
 Leonard's Skipper
Leonard's Skipper
(Hesperia leonardus)
Little Glassywing
Little Glassywing
(Pompeius verna)
 Long Dash Skipper
Long Dash Skipper
(Polites mystic)
 Mulberry Wing Skipper
Mulberry Wing Skipper
(Poanes massasoit)
 Northern Broken Dash
Northern Broken Dash
(Wallengrenia egeremet)
Pecks Skipper
Pecks Skipper
(Polites coras)
 Sachem
Sachem
(Atalopedes campestris)
 Tawny-edged Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
(Polites themistocles)
 Zabulon Skipper
Zabulon Skipper
(Poanes zabulon)

Spread Wing Skippers

Common Checkered Skipper
Common Checkered Skipper
(Pyrgus communis)
 Common Sooty Wing
Common Sooty Wing
(Pholisora catullus)
 Mottled Duskywing
Mottled Duskywing
(Erynnis martialis)
 Northern Cloudywing
Northern Cloudywing
(Thorybes pylades)
Silver Spotted Skipper
Silver Spotted Skipper
(Epargyreus clarus)
 Wild Indigo Duskywing
Wild Indigo Duskywing
(Erynnis baptisiae)

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