Skippers

Firetips Pyrrhopyginae
Total number of world species: Approximately 150

Dull Firetip Apyrrothrix araxes
Cave Creek Canyon National Recreation Area, Cochise County, Arizona, August 2009

Spread-wing Skippers Pyrhinae
Total number of world species: Over 1,000

Acacia Skipper Cogia hippalus
Patagonia Lake State Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, July 2010

Arizona Powdered-Skipper Systasea zampa
Madera Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, September 2012

Brown Longtail Urbanus procne
National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, December 2009

Common or White Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis or albescens
Rockhound State Park, Luna County, New Mexico, December 2012

Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus
San Francisco River at Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, August 2012

Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus
South Llano River State Park, Kimble County, Texas, April 2010

Confused Cloudywing Thorybes confusis
Okmulgee State Park, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, May 2014

Dorante's Longtail Urbanus dorantes
Cave Creek Canyon National Recreation Area, Cochise County, Arizona, October 2008

Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis
Guadalupe River State Park, Kendall County, Texas, May 2012

Golden Banded-Skipper Autochton cellus
Cave Creek Canyon National Recreation Area, Cochise County, Arizona, July 2012

Golden-headed Scallopwing Staphylus ceos
San Francisco River at Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, August 2012

Guava Skipper Phocides polybius
Frontera Audubon, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, December 2009

Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii
Red Rock Canyon State Park, near Hinton, Caddo County, Oklahoma, May 2014

Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades
Okmulgee State Park, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, May 2014

Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius
Guadalupe River State Park, Kendall County, Texas, May 2012

Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis
Ramsey Canyon, near Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, July 2010

Laviana White-Skipper Heliopetes laviana
Frontera Audubon, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, December 2009

Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus
Esterro Llanos Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 2013

Mangrove Skipper Phocides pigmalion
Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Monroe County, Florida, November 2009

Mazan's Scallopwing Staphylus mazans
Esterro Llanos Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, April 2010

Mexican Cloudywing Thorybes mexicana
Terry Flat, near Alpine, Apache County, Arizona, June 2010

Mimosa Skipper Cogia calchas
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 2013

Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis
6 miles west off Animas, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, May 2010

Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades
South Llano River State Park, Kimble County, Texas, April 2010

Potrillo Skipper Cabares potrillo
Esterro Llanos Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 2013

Saltbush Sootywing Hesperopsis alpheus
Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Sierra County, New Mexico, April 2013

Short-tailed Skipper Zestusa dorus
Cave Creek Canyon National Recreation Area, Cochise County, Arizona, March 2012

Sickle-winged Skipper Eantis tamenund
Esterro Llanos Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 2013

Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
Chiricauhua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, August 2009

Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo
Cave Creek Canyon National Recreation Area, Cochise County, Arizona, February 2012

Small Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus scriptura
San Pedro River, 7 miles east off Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, July 2010

Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus oileus
Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, November 2009

Turk's-cap White-Skipper Heliopectes macaira
National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, April 2010

Two-barred Flasher Astraptes fulgerator
Frontera Audubon, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 2013

White-patched Skipper Chiomara georgina
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 2013

White-striped Longtail Chioides albofasciatus
Resaca de la Palma State Park, Cameron County, Texas, March 2013