Hesperia, the branded skippers, is a Holarctic genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. Most species are endemic to North America, Hesperia comma is widespread throughout the region. H. florinda is endemic to temperate eastern Asia. H. nabokovi is endemic to Hispaniola.

Hesperia
Hesperia comma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Hesperia
Fabricius, 1793
Species

About 20 - see text

Synonyms
  • Pamphila Fabricius, 1807
  • Diorthosus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Steropes Rafinesque, 1815
  • Phidias Rafinesque, 1815
  • Symmachia Sodoffsky, 1837
  • Ocytes Scudder, 1872
  • Anthomaster Scudder, 1872
  • Urbicola Tutt, 1905
  • Pamphilus Ihering, 1908
Hesperia comma female
Hesperia comma female

Presumably, Johan Christian Fabricius named the genus for Hesperia, one of the Hesperides.

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Hesperia:[1]

Former species

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Many species originally described in the genus Hesperia have now been reclassified. For a list of selected former species see List of former species in the genus Hesperia.

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  • Savela, Markku. "Hesperia Fabricius, 1793". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  • Images representing Hesperia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
  • Systematic list of the butterflies of Norway
  • Juba Skipper page
  • Jeff's Butterfly Page
  • Checklist of Butterflies of Tulare County[permanent dead link]
  • University of Colorado Museum
  • Gatrelle R. A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperi (Hesperiinae) in eastern north America (Part I: The south)
  • Butterflies and Skippers of North America
  • Standardized Common North American Butterfly names
  • TC-ISBN Main List
  • Hesperia from Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site.
  • Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory

Specific

  1. ^ "Hesperia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-20.