Hesperia (skipper)

Taxobox
name = "Hesperia"


image_width =240px
image_caption = Female Common Branded Skipper ("Hesperia comma")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Hesperiinae
tribus = Hesperiini
genus = "Hesperia"
genus_authority = Fabricius, 1793
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 20, see text.

"Hesperia" (the Branded Skippers) is a genus in the Skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family.

"Hesperia" species are:

*"Hesperia assiniboia" (Lyman 1892) - Plains Skipper
*"Hesperia attalus" WH Edwards 1871 - Dotted Skipper
**"Hesperia attalus attalus" WH Edwards 1871
**"Hesperia attalus nigrescens" Gatrelle 1999 - Dark Dotted Skipper
**"Hesperia attalus slossonae" (Skinner 1871) - Slosson's Dotted Skipper
*"Hesperia colorado" (Scudder 1874) - Western Branded Skipper
**"Hesperia colorado colorado" (Scudder 1874)
**"Hesperia colorado mattoonorum" McGuire 1998
**"Hesperia colorado ochracea" - Ochre Branded Skipper
**"Hesperia colorado oroplata"
**"Hesperia colorado susanae" - Susan's Branded Skipper
*"Hesperia columbia" (Scudder 1872) - Columbian Skipper
*"Hesperia comma" (Linnaeus 1758) - Silver-spotted Skipper or Common Branded Skipper
*"Hesperia dacotae" (Skinner 1911) - Dakota Skipper
*"Hesperia juba" (Scudder 1872) - Juba Skipper
*"Hesperia leonardus" Harris 1862 - Leonard's Skipper
**"Hesperia leonardus leonardus" Harris 1862 - (= "stallingsi" HA Freeman 1943 - morph)
**"Hesperia leonardus montana" (Skinner 1911) - Mountain Skipper
**"Hesperia leonardus pawnee" Dodge 1874 - Pawnee Skipper (= "ogallala" (Leussler 1921))
*"Hesperia lindseyi" (Holland 1930) - Lindsey's Skipper
**"Hesperia lindseyi lindseyi" (Holland 1930)
**"Hesperia lindseyi eldorado" J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon 1998
**"Hesperia lindseyi macneilli" J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon 1998
**"Hesperia lindseyi septentrionalis" J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon 1998
*"Hesperia meskei" (WH Edwards 1877) - Meke's Skipper
**"Hesperia meskei meskei" (WH Edwards 1877)
**"Hesperia meskei pinocayo" Gatrelle and Minno - Rockland Skipper
**"Hesperia meskei straton" (WH Edwards 1881) - Easter Meske's Skipper
*"Hesperia metea" Scudder 1864 - Cobweb Skipper
**"Hesperia metea metea" Scudder 1864
**"Hesperia metea intermedia" Gatrelle - Southern Cobweb Skipper
**"Hesperia metea licinus" (Edwards 1871) - Licinus Cobweb Skipper
*"Hesperia miriamae" MacNeill 1959 - Sierra Skipper
**"Hesperia miriamae miriamae" MacNeill 1959
**"Hesperia miriamae longaevicola" McGuire 1998
*"Hesperia nabokovi" Bell and Comstock 1948
*"Hesperia nevada" (Scudder 1874) - Nevada Skipper
**"Hesperia nevada nevada" (Scudder 1874)
**"Hesperia nevada sierra" Austin, J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon 1998 - Western Nevada Skipper
*"Hesperia ottoe" WH Edwards 1866 - Ottoe Skipper
*"Hesperia pahaska" (Luessler 1938) - Pahaska Skipper
**"Hesperia pahaska pahaska" (Luessler 1938)
**"Hesperia pahaska martini" MacNeill 1964 - Martin's Skipper
**"Hesperia pahaska williamsi" Lindsey 1938 - William's Skipper
*"Hesperia pawnee" Dodge 1874
*"Hesperia sassacus" Harris 1862 - Indian Skipper
**"Hesperia sassacus sassacus" Harris 1862
**"Hesperia sassacus manitoboides" (Fletcher 1888) - Northwestern Indian Skipper
**"Hesperia sassacus nantahala" Gatrelle and Grkovich - Carolina Indian Skipper
*"Hesperia uncas " WH Edwards 1863 - Uncas Skipper
**"Hesperia uncas uncas" WH Edwards 1863 (= "ridingsii" Reakirt 1866)
**"Hesperia uncas fulvapella" Austin & McGuire 1998
**"Hesperia uncas giulianii" McGuire 1998
**"Hesperia uncas grandiosa" Austin & McGuire 1998
**"Hesperia uncas lasus" WH Edwards 1881
**"Hesperia uncas macswaini" MacNeill 1964 - MacSwain's Skipper
**"Hesperia uncas reeseorum" Austin & McGuire 1998 - Reeses' Uncas Skipper
**"Hesperia uncas terraclivosa" Austin & McGuire 1998
*"Hesperia viridis" (WH Edwards 1883) - Green Skipper
*"Hesperia woodgatei" (RC Williams 1914) - Apache Skipper

References and external links

* [http://www.nagypal.net/norge/norgesys.htm Systematic list of the butterflies of Norway]
* [http://www.mangoverde.com/butterflies/picpages/pic1-hespjuba-1.html Juba Skipper page]
* [http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies.htm Jeff's Butterfly Page]
* [http://natureali.org/Tularebutterflychecklist.htm Checklist of Butterflies of Tulare County]
* [http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/Research/Entomology/Databases/Spplist/Species21.html University of Colorado Museum]
*Gatrelle R. [http://tils-ttr.org/ttr-4-3.pdf A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperi (Hesperiinae) in eastern north America (Part I: The south)]
* [http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plates/hesper3.htm Butterflies and Skippers of North America]
* [http://tils-ttr.org/sc-nabn/CommonNames-Skippers%201.html Standardized Common North American Butterfly names]
* [http://tils-ttr.org/tc-isbn/list.html TC-ISBN Main List]
* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/hesperia/index.html#comma%20oroplata Hesperia] from Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site.