Part
5 of a List
with some Photos
of
Central America
Butterflies
and Moths
Skippers
Noting those during
Focus On Nature Tours
in Belize,
Costa Rica,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Panama
with tours in the months of: January, February, March, April, July, December
Fifth Part of a List of Central America Butterflies in 5
Parts,
compiled by Armas Hill
Here, in Part #5: Hesperiidae, the Skippers
Among the
Butterfly groupings that follow, links to:
Subfamilies
PYRGINAE and EUDAMINAE: Open-winged Skippers
Subfamily
PYRGINAE, Tribe PYRRHOPYGINI with
the genera: Amysoria, Azonax, Chalypyge, Creonpyge, Elbella, Jemadia, Jonaspyge,
Melanopyge, Mysardia, Myscelus, Mysoria, Oxynetra, Parelbella, Passova,
Pyrrhopyge, Yanguna, Zonia
Firetips
and allies
Subfamily
EUDAMINAE with
the genera: Achalarus, Aguna, Astraptes, Augiades, Bungalotis, Cabares,
Calliades, Cephise, Chioides, Chrysoplectrum, Codtractus, Cogia, Drephalys,
Dyscophellus, Entheus, Epargyeus, Euriphellus, Hyalothyrus, Narcosius, Nascus,
Nicephellus, Ocyba, Phanus, Phareas, Phocides, Porphyrogenes, Polygonus,
Polythrix, Proteides, Pseudonascus, Ridens, Salatis, Spathilepia, Tarsoctenus,
Telemiades, Thessia, Typhedanus, Udranomia, Urbanus, Venada, Zestusa
Spreadwing
Skippers Long-tailed
Skippers Flashers Banded
Skippers
Cloudywings (or Hoary Edges)
Pyramid
Skippers Leaf-huggers
Subfamily
PYRGINAE, Tribe CELAENORRHININI
including the genus: Celaenorrhibus
Flats
Subfamily
PYRGINAE, Tribe CARCHARODINI including
the genera: Arteurotia, Bolla, Cyclosemia, Gorgopas, Mictris, Mimia,
Morvina, Myrinia, Nisoniades, Noctuana, Pachyneuria, Pellicia, Polyctor,
Staphylus, Windia
Tufted-Skippers
Eyed-Skippers
Sootywings
Subfamily
PYRGINAE, Tribe ERYMMINI
including the genera:
Anastrus, Camptopleura, Chiomara, Ebrietas, Erynnis, Gesta, Gorythion, Grais,
Helias, Mylon, Potamanaxas, Sostrata, Theagenes, Timochares, Tosta
Mylons
Bluevents
Bentwings (or Bent-Skippers)
Duskywings
Subfamily PYRGINAE, Tribe ACHLYODIDINI
including the genera: Achlyodes, Aethilla, Atarnes, Doberes, Eantis, Gindanes,
Haemaetis, Milanion, Ouleus, Paramimus, Pythonides, Quadrus, Zera
Blue-Skippers
(Quadrus, Pythnides) Sicklewings
Ground
Skippers
Subfamily
PYRGINAE, Tribe PYRGINI with
the genera: Anisochora, Antigonus, Carrhenes, Clito, Diaeus, Eracon, Heliopetes,
Heliopyrgus, Onenses, Paches, Pyrgus, Spioniades, Systasea, Timochreon,
Xenophanes, Zopyrion
Blue-Skippers
(Paches)
Hoary-Skippers
Checkered Skippers
Large White
Skippers
Glassy-winged Skipper
Powdered
Skippers Spurwings
Subfamily
HETEROPTERINAE: Skipperlings with
the genera:
Dalla, Dardarina, Piruna
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE: Branded (or Grass) Skippers
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, Tribe
ANTHOPTINI with
the genera: Falga, Synapte
Faceted-Skippers
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, Tribe MONCINI with
the genera: Alera, Adlerodea, Apaustus, Arita, Artinea, Callimormus, Canthus,
Cobalopsis, Cymaenes, Dion, Enosis, Eprius, Eutocus, Eutychide, Flaccilla,
Halotus, Inglorius, Joanna, Justinia, Lento, Lerema, Lerodea, Lucida, Ludens,
Lycas, Methion, Methionopsis, Mnasicles, Mnasilus, Msasitheus, Mnestheus, Moeris,
Morys, Naevolus, Nastra, Niconiades, Onophas, Orses, Papias, Perichare, Phanes,
Pheraeus, Phiebodes, Pyrrhopygopsis, Remella, Repends, Rhinthon. Saturnus,
Sodalia, Styriodes, Thargella, Thoon, Tigasis, Vehilius, Vertica, Vettius,
Vidius, Vinius, Vinpelus, Virga, Zariaspes
Underskippers
Brown
Skippers Peacock-Skippers
Subfamily HESPERIINAE, Tribe CALPODINI
with
the genera: Aides, Aroma, Calpodes. Neoxeniades. Panoquina, Saliana, Thracides,
Zenis
Brazilian Skipper
Panoquins Salianas
Silverpatches
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, Tribe THYMELICINI with
the genera: Ancyloxypha, Copaeodes
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, Tribe MEGATHYMINI: Giant-Skippers with
the genus: Agathymus
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, HESPERIINI with
the genera: Atalepedes (Sachem), Anatrytone, Atrytonopsis, Buzyges, Conga, Cynea,
Decinea, Euphyes, Hylephila (Fiery Skipper), Librita, Lindra, Metron, Molo,
Neochiodes, Neposa, Nyctelius, Onespa, Orthos, Oxynthes, Paratryone, Phemiades,
Poanes, Polites (inc, Whirlabout), Pompeius, Quasimella, Quinta, Racta, Socova,
Thespieus, Tirinthia, Vacerra, Wallengrenia,
Xeniades
Cyneas
Glassywings Mellanas
Sedge-Skippers Metrons
Links to
other Central America Lepidoptera groupings:
Part
#1 - Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Part
#2 - Whites, Yellows, Sulphurs, Marbles (Pieridae)
Part
#3 - Hairstreaks, Blues (Lycaenidae) & Metalmarks (Riodinidae)
Part
#4 -
Brushfoots (Nymphalidae) Moths

Upper right photo: a male ORCUS CHECKERED SKIPPER
photographed during the July 2013 FONT Tour in Panama.
(photo by Rise Hill)
Photos of both the male and the female are in the list
below.
Codes relating to illustrations in various books:
Numbers noted as (AZ:xx) refer to pages in
"Butterflies of Arizona - A
Photographic Guide", by Bob Stewart, and Priscilla & Hank Brodkin.
Numbers noted as (BMCR:xx) refer to plates in
"Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica" by Isidro Chacon & Jose
Montero.
Numbers noted as (C:xx) refer to pages in "A World of Butterflies", with text by
Brian Cassie, and photographs (superb) by Kjell Sandved.
Numbers noted as (K:xx)
refer to pages in the
"Kaufman Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America", by Jim Brock & Kenn
Kaufman.
Numbers noted a (MCA:xx) refer to pages in "A
Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico & Central America", by Jeffrey
Glassberg.
Numbers noted as (PE:xx) refer
to plates in the "Peterson Field Guides to Eastern Butterflies", by Paul Opler &
Vichai Malikul, 1998 edition.
Those noted as (PEp:xx) refer to a page with a photograph.
Numbers noted as (PW:xx) refer to plates in the
"Peterson Field Guide to Western Butterflies", by Paul Opler & illustrated by Amy Bartlett Wright, 1999
edition.
Those noted as (PWp:xx)
refer to a page with a photograph.
Numbers noted as (S:xx) refer to pages in the
"Smithsonian Handbook, Butterflies & Moths", by David Carter.
Numbers noted as (100BM:xx) refer to
numbered plates in the book "100 Butterflies and Moths, Portraits from
the Tropical Forest of Costa Rica", by Jeffrey Miller, Daniel Janzen,
Winifred Hallwachs, 2007
Numbers noted as (100C:xx) refer to numbered
plates in the book "100 Caterpillars, Portraits from the Tropical Forest
of Costa Rica", by Jeffrey Miller, Daniel Janzen, Winifred Hallwachs, 2007
For both of these books, codes followed by -c:
indicates that there is in
the book a photograph of the caterpillar.
Actually for all of the species in both books, there are photographs of
caterpillars and the adult butterflies and moths.
To view the caterpillar and adult butterfly and moth photos online go to:
http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/caterpillars/database.lasso
Additional Codes:
BZ: in Belize
CR: in Costa Rica
GU: in Guatemala
HN: in Honduras
PN: in Panama
(sl): at Sierra Llorona, in hills on the Caribbean side of Panama
Butterflies observed during FONT tours noted by an (*) after the 2-letter
country code.
(ph): species with a photo in the FONT website
Other Links:
Itineraries
for upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, & Panama
Birds
during previous tours in: Belize
Costa Rica Guatemala
Honduras Panama
A List & Photo Gallery of
Birds in Central America, in 4 Parts
A List of Mammals in Central America
(with some photos)
Other Lists & Photo Galleries of
Butterflies & Moths Elsewhere
Alphabetical Directory of Butterflies by Genus
with Photos in the FONT
Website
Directory of Photos in this Website
List of Central American Butterflies. Part #5:
Family HESPERIIDAE:
SKIPPERS
A very large family (3,000 species throughout the world) of stout-bodied
short-winged butterflies that resemble day-flying moths. The adult
butterfly's flight resembles a 'skipping' motion when going from flower to
flower. Their forewings are closed above their back when they are settled.
some of the Skippers in the Neotropics are noted below.
Subfamilies
EUDAMINAE and PYRGINAE: OPEN-WINGED
SKIPPERS
Subfamily PYRGINAE,
tribe PYRRHOPYGINI
Genus
PYRRHOPYGE: FIRETIPS
- Pyrrhopyge phidias (ph) ______
Pyrrhopyge phidias evansi ______ (subspecies from Costa Rica
to Ecuador, described in 1947)
ORIGINAL FIRETIP

Original Firetip
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Pyrrhopyge zenodorus ______
(MCA:146) (100C:86-c) (was part of
Pyrrhopyge phidias)
RED-HEADED FIRETIP
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa
Rica)
The caterpillar of Pyrrhopyge zenodorus
spends its day in its nest on the large leaves of its only food plant, Visinia
baccifera (in the family Clusiaceae),
an early-secondary shrubby treelet in the rain forest.
While this caterpillar can readily be found, that is not so for the adult
butterfly. They probably visit flowers to obtain nectar high in the canopy, or
perhaps at dawn and dusk rather than in full daylight.
(Source: "100 Caterpillars, Portraits from the Tropical Forests of
Costa Rica" by Miller, Janzen, and Hallwachs)
- Pyrrhopyge pseudophidias ______
IMPOSTOR FIRETIP
(Range: Panama to Peru & northern Brazil)
- Pyrrhopyge haemon ______
TAWNY-RIMMED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Pyrrhopyge crida ______ (MCA:146)
WHITE-BANDED FIRETIP
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
Genus CHALYPYGE
- Chalypyge chalybea ______
Chalypyge chalybea chloris ______
(MCA:146) (subspecies from western & southern Mexico to
Honduras)
ORANGE-RIMMED SKIPPER (or
Orange-rimmed Firetip)
Genus CREONPYGE
- Creonpyge creon ______
Creonpyge creon creon ______ (subspecies from northern Costa
Rica to Cocle province in Panama)
Creonpyge creon liliana ______ (subspecies at Cerro Campana, far
east Cocle province, Panama, described in 1969)
Creonpyge creon taylori ______ (subspecies in Puntaarenas, Costa
Rica, described in 1981)
CREON SKIPPER
Genus MELANOPYGE
- Melanopyge erythrosticta ______
(MCA:148)
SPOTTED SKIPPER (or
Red-spotted Firetip)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Melanopyge (undescribed) ______ (MCA:148)
DOTTED SKIPPER (or
Dotted Firetip)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Melanopyge hoffmanni ______
(MCA:148) (species described in 1977)
HOFFMANN'S SKIPPER (or
Freeman's Firetip)
(Range: southeast Mexico & Belize)
- Melanopyge maculosa ______
MACULOSA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Ecuador)
Genus JONASPYGE
- Jonaspyge jonas ______
(MCA:146)
SCALLOP-EDGED FIRETIP
(or
Wavy-edged Firetip)
(Range: Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Jonaspyge asculapus ______
FIRE-EDGED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus ELBELLA
- Elbella intersecta ______
Elbella intesecta strova ______
(subspecies from Panama to Venezuela, described in 1951)
VARIABLE FIRETIP
- Elbella patroculus ______
Elbella patroculus patroculus ______ (subspecies
from Panama to Bolivia)
PATROCULUS SKIPPER
- Elbella scylla ______
(MCA:146)
SCYLLA FIRETIP (or
Red-collared Firetip)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Elbella dulcinea ______
DULCINEA FIRETIP
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador
& Venezuela)
- Elbella patrobas ______
Elbella patrobas mexicana ______ (MCA:147)
(subspecies in southern Mexico & Belize, described in 1995)
Elbella patrobas patrobas ______ (subspecies from Guatemala to
Colombia)
PATROBAS SKIPPER (or
Blue-lined Firetip)
- Elbella miodesmiata ______
ROBER'S SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
Genus PARELBELLA
- Parelbella macleannani
______
MACLEANNAN'S SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
Genus AMYSORIA
- Amysoria galgala ______ (MCA:146)
RED-BANDED FIRETIP (or
Orange-striped Firetip)
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
Genus MYSORIA
- Mysoria affinis (or
wilsoni) ______
(MCA:147)
RED-COLLARED FIRETIP (or West Mexican Firetip)
(Range: western Mexico & Guatemala)
- Mysoria amra ______ (MCA:147)
BLUE-COLLARED FIRETIP
(Range: western Mexico & Guatemala)
- Mysoria barcastus ______
Mysoria barcastus ambigua ______ (BMCR:89) (MCA:147)
(subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica)
Mysoria barcastus venezuelae ______ (subspecies from Panama to
the Guianas, and Trinidad & Tobago)
ROYAL FIRETIP
Genus JEMADIA
- Jemadia pseudognetus ______ (BMCR:89)
(MCA:147,149) (100C:85-c)
DOT-COLLARED FIRETIP
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela and the upper Amazon)
- Jemadia pater ______ (species
described in 1951)
PATER SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Venezuela)
Genus YANGUNA
- Yanguna cosyra ______ GU
(BMCR:89) (MCA:148) (100C:48-c) (was Pyrrhopyge
cosyra)
COSYRA SKIPPER
(or
Burning Firetip)
(Range: Guatemala to Ecuador)
Genus MYSARBIA
- Mysarbia sejanus ______
Mysarbia selanus stolli
______ (subspecies from Costa Rica to the upper Amazon)
BLACK-VEINED FIRETIP
Genus MYSCELUS
- Myscelus assaricus ______
Myscelus assaricus michaeli ______ (MCA:148)
(subspecies from Mexico to Panama, described in 1975)
FIERY MYSCELUS (or
Blue-and-orange Mytip)
- Myscelus amystis ______
Myscelus amystis hages ______ (MCA:148)
(subspecies from Mexico to Panama)
WIDESPREAD MYSCELUS (or
Common Mytip)
- Myscelus phoronis ______
Myscelus phoronis phoronis ______ (subspecies from Panama to
Bolivia)
PHORONIS MYSCELUS
- Myscelus perissodora ______ (MCA:148)
DYAR'S MYCELUS (or
Chocolate-vented Mytip)
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Myscelus belti ______ (BMCR:89)
(MCA:148)
BELL'S MYSCELUS (or
Cinnamon Mytip)
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
Genus AZONAX
- Azonax typhaon ______
(MCA:148)
TYPHAON SKIPPER (or
Big-spotted Mytip)
(Range: Mexico to the Guianas)
Genus OXYNETRA
- Oxynetra hopfferi ______
HOPFFER'S FIRETIP
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
Genus PASSOVA
- Passova gellias ______
GELLIAS FIRETIP
(Range: Belize, Costa Rica, &
Panama)
Genus ZONIA
- Zonia zonia ______
Zonia zonia panamensis ______
(subspecies in Belize & Panama, described in 1975)
PAMA SKIPPER
More in subfamily PYRGINAE following
those in EUDAMINAE, after number 247 in this list.
Subfamily EUDAMINAE
SPREADWING SKIPPERS: including "BEAMERS"
Genus PHOCIDES
- Phocides pigmalion ______ (K:267)
(MCA:149) (PE:30)
PIGMALION SKIPPER (also called
Mangrove Skipper, or
Mangrove Beamer)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina,
also Florida & West Indies)
- Phocides polybius (or
palemon) ______ (C:253) (S:42)
Phocides polybius lilea ______ (K:267)
(MCA:149) (PE:30) (100C:22-c)
subspecies
from south Texas to Costa Rica
Phocides polybius polybius ______ subspecies in Panama, also
Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Trinidad
GUAVA SKIPPER
With a striking plumage, Phocides palemon feeds on Guava and related
species.
- Phocides urania ______
Phocides urania urania ______ (MCA:149)
(subspecies in Mexico & Guatemala, usually in montane forest)
Phocides urania vida ______ (subspecies in Costa
Rica)
URANIA SKIPPER (or Vida Skipper,
depending in subspecies) (another name is Teal Beamer)
- Phocides belus ______
(MCA:149)
BELUS SKIPPER (or Beautiful Beamer)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica, a stray (once) to Texas)
- Phocides distans ______
Phocides distans licinus ______ HN
(MCA:149) (subspecies in Honduras, Costa Rica,
Panama)
DISTANS SKIPPER (or Black-striped Beamer)
- Phocides thermus ______ (MCA:149)
Phocides thermus thermus ______ GU
(MCA:149) (subspecies from southeast Mexico to Venezuela
& Ecuador)
THERMUS SKIPPER (or Hot Beamer)
- Phocides metrodorus ______
Phocides metrodorus nigrescens ______ (subspecies in Costa
Rica, also Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
Phocides metrodorus metrodorus ______ (subspecies from
Panama to Bolivia & Brazil)
METRODORUS
SKIPPER (or Nigrescens Skipper, depending on
subspecies)
Genus TARSOCTENUS
- Tarsoctenus corytus
______
Tarsoctenus corytus guadialis ______ (subspecies from Nicaragua
to Colombia)
GAUDY SKIPPER
SPREADWING SKIPPERS: GHOST-SKIPPERS & DIMORPHIC SKIPPER
Genus PHANUS
- Phanus vitreus ______
(MCA:150)
WIDESPREAD PHANUS (or Musical Ghost-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Phanus ecitionorum
______ (species described in
1993)
ARMY-ANT PHANUS
(Range: Costa Rica to southern
Brazil)
- Phanus confusis ______
(MCA:150) (species described in 1993)
CONFUSING PHANUS (or Confusing Ghost-Skipper)
(Range: eastern Mexico to El Salvador)
- Phanus rilma ______
(MCA:150) (species described in 1952)
WEST MEXICAN PHANUS (or Gapped Ghost-Skipper)
(Range: along Pacific coast in Mexico & Guatemala)
- Phanus albiapicalis ______ (MCA:150)
(species described in 1993)
WHITE-TIPPED PHANUS (or
White-tipped Ghost-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Panama, and west Ecuador & Peru)
- Phanus grandis ______
(species described in 1993)
GRAND PHANUS
(Range: Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
Panama, and Colombia & Venezuela)
- Phanus marshallii ______ (MCA:150)
COMMON PHANUS (or Common Ghost
Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
- Phanus obscurior
Phanus obscurior obscurior ______
GU (MCA:150) (subspecies
from southeast Mexico to Colombia & Trinidad)
DARK PHANUS (or Obscure Ghost-Skipper)
Genus UDRANOMIA
- Udranomia orcinus
______ (MCA:166)
ORCINUS SKIPPER (or Horseshoe Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
- Udranomia kikkawai
______ (MCA:166)
NERVOUS SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Brazil)
- Udranomia eurus
______
EURUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to the Amazon basin)
Genus HYALOTHYRUS
- Hyalothyrus neleus ______
Hyalothyrus neleus pemphigargyra ______ (MCA:150)
(subspecies from Mexico to Venezuela)
DIMORPHIC SKIPPER
- Hyalothyrus leucomelas
______
LEUCOMELAS SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Peru & Brazil)
SPREADWING SKIPPERS: PARADISE-SKIPPERS and ENSKIPPERS
Genus DREPHALYS
- Drephalys helixus
______
HELIXUS SKIPPER
(Range: Panama)
- Drephalys kidonoi
______ (species described in 1999)
KIDONO'S SKIPPER
(Range: western Costa Rica)
- Drephalys phoenicoides
______
CURIOUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to northeast Brazil)
- Drephalys dumeril ______ (MCA:151)
DUMERIL SKIPPER (or Sunset
Paradise-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador & Brazil)
- Drephalys oria ______
(MCA:151) (species described in 1952)
ORIA SKIPPER (or Sunrise
Paradise-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Honduras)
- Drephalys oriander
______
ORIANDER SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to northern Brazil)
- Drephalys alcmon ______ GU
(MCA:151)
ALCMON SKIPPER (or Brown-and-white Paradise
Skipper)
(Range: Guatemala to Brazil)
Genus AUGIADES
- Augiades crinisus
______
CRINISUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia & Brazil)
- Angiades epimethea
______
Angiades epimethea bicolor ______ (subspecies from Costa Rica to
northern Brazil & Bolivia)
EPIMETHEA SKIPPER
Genus PHAREAS
- Phareas coeleste
______
MAGNIFICENT SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia & Brazil)
Genus ENTHEUS
- Entheus matho ______
Entheus matho matho ______ (MCA:151)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
Entheus matho aequatorius ______ (subspecies from Costa Rica to
Ecuador)
Entheus matho dius ______ (subspecies from Panama to the Guianas
and to Peru & Bolivia)
GIANT ENTHEUS (or Blushing
Enskipper): E.
m. matho
EQUATORIAL ENTHEUS: E. m. aequatorius
DIUS ENTHEUS: E. m. dius
- Entheus crux ______ (MCA:151)
(species described in 1989)
MEXICAN ENTHEUS (or Mexican Enskipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Nicaragua)
SPREADWING SKIPPERS: SILVERDROPS: many are not identifiable in the
field
Genus EPARGYEUS
- Epargyeus socus ______
Epargyeus socus orizaba ______ (MCA:152)
(subspecies from eastern Mexico to Guatemala)
ROUND-SPOTTED SILVERDROP (or
Pepper-spotted Silverdrop)
- Epargyeus spinosa ______
(MCA:152) (species described in 1952)
SUFFOSED SILVERDROP (or
Weak-frosted Silverdrop)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Epargyeus exadeus ______
Epargyeus exadeus cruza ______ (K:273)
(MCA:152) (PE:text) (subspecies from Mexico to Panama. as a
stray to Texas; subspecies described in 1952)
BROKEN SILVERDROP (or Exadeus
Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Epargyeus spina ______ (MCA:152)
(species described in 1952)
SPINED SILVERDROP
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia & Brazil)
- Epargyeus aspina ______
(MCA:153) (species described in 1952)
SPINELESS SILVERDROP
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela & Ecuador)
- Epargyeus deleoni ______
(MCA:153) (species described in 1977)
LONG-SPOTTED SILVERDROP
(Range: the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico & in Belize)
- Epargyeus clavicornis ______
Epargyeus clavicornis gaumeri ______
(MCA:153) (subspecies from Mexico to Honduras)
Epargyeus clavicornis tenda ______ (subspecies from southeast
Mexico to Venezuela & Ecuador; subspecies described in 1955)
SMALL-SPOTTED SILVERDROP
SPREADWING SKIPPERS: SCARLET-EYES
Genus NASCUS
- Nascus phocus ______ (MCA:154)
COMMON SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Nascus broteas ______ (MCA:154)
BROTEAS SCARLET-EYE (or Cramer's
Scarlet-eye)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Nascus solon ______
Nascus solon corilla ______ (MCA:154)
(subspecies from Mexico to Venezuela)
GREAT SCARLET-EYE
CORILLA SCARLET-EYE:
N. s. corilla
- Nascus phintias ______
(MCA:155)
SCHAUS' SCARLET-EYE
(Range: southeast Mexico to the Guyanas & Peru)
Genus PSEUDONASCUS
- Pseudonascus paulliniae
______
LEAST SCARLET-EYE
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus CEPHISE
- Cephise nuspesez ______
(MCA:155,168)
BURNS' SCARLET-EYE (or Funny
Scarlet-eye)
(Range; eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Cephise guatemalaensis
______ (MCA:168) (species described in
1977)
GUATEMALAN SCARLET-EYE
(Range: southern Mexico & Guatemala)
- Cephise aelius
______ (MCA:168)
LONG-TAILED SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
Genus VENADA
- Venada advena
______
ADVENA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Panama & Colombia)
- Venada nevada
______ CR (species described in 2005)
NEVADA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Venada daneva
______ CR (100C:60-c) (species described in 2005)
DANEVA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Venada cacao
______ CR (species described in 2005)
CACAO SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
- Venada naranja
______ CR (species described in 2005)
ORANGE SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Venada sp. (probably undescribed) ______
GU (was "advena")
CRYPTIC SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Mexico and Guatemala)
Genus CHRYSOPLECTRUM
- Chrysoplectrum pervivax
______
PERVIVAX SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia & northern Brazil)
- Chrysoplectrum perniciosus
______
PERNICIOSUS SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Bolivia & central Brazil)
- Chrysoplectrum epicincea
______ (MCA:168)
STUB-TAILED SKIPPER
(or Butler's Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Chrysoplectrum BURNS01 ______
(100C:90-c) (until at least recently, an
undescribed species)
The caterpillar of Chrysoplectrum
BURNS01 is one of the most showy in the dry forest habitat in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
However to see it, one must pull apart two large leaflets of its sole food
plant, Sclerolobium costaricense
(in the family Fabaceae). The two
leaflets are tied together with silk.
Otherwise, it is not to be seen.
When exposed, the two closest "look-alike" caterpillars are those
of two other pyrgine hesperiids: Chrysoplectrum
pervivax (above), and Polythrix
caunus, the Four-spotted Longtail (later, in this
list).
(Source: "100 Caterpillars, Portraits from the Tropical Forests
of Costa Rica", by Miller, Janzen, Hallwachs
Genus ZESTUSA
- Zestusa staudingeri
______ (MCA:166)
SOUTHERN ZESTUSA (or Cloud-forest Zesty-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to El Salvador)
- Zestusa levona
______ (MCA:166) (species described in 1972)
LEVONA'S ZESTUSA (or Banded Zesty-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to El Salvador)
Genus PORPHYROGENES
- Porphyrogenes omphale
______
BLUE SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to Venezuela & Bolivia)
- Porphyrogenes zohra
______ HN (MCA:155)
ZOHRA SCARLET-EYE (or Tawny Scarlet-eye)
(Range: Honduras to northern Brazil)
- Porphyrogenes sula
______ (species described in 1940)
SULA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Honduras, possibly Costa Rica)
- Porphyrogenes glavia
______ (species described in 1952)
GLAVIA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Panama)
- Porphyrogenes spoda
______ (species described in 1952)
SPODA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Panama)
- Porphyrogenes spina
______ (species described in 2008)
SPINA SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Panama)
- Porphyrogenes speciosus
______ (species described in 2008)
SPECIOSUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Porphyrogenes peterwegei
______ (species described in 2010)
PETER'S SCARLET-EYE
(Range: northwest Costa Rica)
- Porphyrogenes virgatus
______
VIRGATUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Honduras, also Guyana, Peru)
- Porphyrogenes eudemus
______
EUDEMUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Panama, also Peru)
- Porphyrogenes passalus
______
PASSALUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Panama; also Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil)
There are unidentified butterflies (at least 4) in the Porphyrogenes genus
in Panama & Costa Rica.
Genus DYSCOPHELLUS
- Dyscophellus phraxanor ______
Dyscophellus phraxanor lama ______
(MCA:155) subspecies from southeast Mexico to Honduras
Dyscophellus phraxanor phraxanor ______ subspecies from
Nicaragua to Ecuador
BIG-SPOTTED SCARLET-EYE (or Blushing Scarlet-eye)
- Dyscophellus burns01 ______ (100C:33-c)
The caterpillar of Dyscophellus
burns01 is a "look-alike" of Dyscophellus
phraxanor (above).
Both are very common in forests in Costa Rica.
- Dyscophellus burns02 ______
(100C:59-c)
Since it became known what to look for, it has been relatively easy to
distinguish the caterpillar of Dyscophellus
burns02 from the "look-alike" Dyscophellus
ramon (below).
Distinguishing the two are the markings on the top of the head of Dyscophellus
burns02, two bright lemon-yellow spots.
The top of the head of Dyscophellus ramon
is spotless, and uniformly
chocolate-colored.
- Dyscophellus ramon
______ (MCA:156) (species described in 1952)
PLAIN SCARLET-EYE
(Range: southeast Mexico to Panama)
- Dyscophellus ramusis
______
SUBTLE SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to southern Brazil)
- Dyscophellus porcius ______
Dyscophellus porcius porcius ______ (MCA:156)
(subspecies
from southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
FIERY SCARLET-EYE
- Dyscophellus diaphorus
______
DIAPHORUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to northern Brazil)
- Dyscophellus sebaldus
______
SEBALDUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to northern Brazil)
Genus NICEPHELLUS
- Nicephellus nicephorus
______ (MCA:156)
TWO-SPOTTED SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Brazil)
Genus EURIPHELLUS
- Euriphellus euribates ______
(PE:text)
Euriphellus euribates euribates
______ (subspecies from Costa Rica to Bolivia & Brazil, rarely
north to Texas)
EURIBATES
SCARLET-EYE
Genus BUNGALOTIS
- Bungalotis erythus ______ (MCA:156)
SPOTTED SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia & Brazil)
- Bungalotis diophonus ______
DIOPHONUS SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to northern Brazil)
- Bungalotis midas ______ (MCA:157)
WHITE-CHEEKED SCARLET-EYE (or
Golden Scarlet-eye)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Bungalotis milleri ______ (MCA:157)
MILLER'S SCARLET-EYE (or Freeman's Scarlet-eye)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Bungalotis astylos ______ (MCA:157)
DARK-CHEEKED SCARLET-EYE (or
Freckled Scarlet-eye)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Bungalotis quadratum ______
Bungalotis quadratum quadratum ______ (MCA:157)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to the Guianas)
PALLID SCARLET-EYE (or Lesser Scarlet-eye)
Genus SALATIS
- Salatis salatis ______
VARIABLE
SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Nicaragua to southern
Brazil)
- Salatis canalis ______
CANAL SCARLET-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus OCYBA
- Ocyba calathana ______
Ocyba calathana calanus ______ (MCA:159)
(subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica)
Ocyba calathana calathana ______ (subspecies in Panama &
Colombia)
YELLOW-RIMMED SCARLET-EYE
Genus RIDENS:
SPREADWING SKIPPERS
- Ridens crison ______
Ridens crison crison ______ (MCA:169)
(subspecies in southeast Mexico & Guatemala)
Ridens crison howarthi ______ (subspecies in El Salvador,
described in 1974)
Ridens crison cachinnans ______ (subspecies in Costa Rica &
Panama)
MANY-SPOTTED RIDENS
- Ridens biolleyi ______
BIOLLEY'S RIDENS
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama)
- Ridens allyni
______ (MCA:169)
ALLYN'S RIDENS
(Range: southern Mexico & Guatemala)
- Ridens mephitis
______ (MCA:169)
HEWITSON'S RIDENS
(or
Mephisto Ridens)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
- Ridens panche ______
PANCHE RIDENS
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
- Ridens fieldi
______ GU (MCA:169)
(species described in 1974)
FIELD'S RIDENS
(or Guatemalan Ridens)
(Range: in Guatemala, at Volcan sta. Maria)
- Ridens toddi
______ (MCA:169) (species described in 1974)
TODD'S SKIPPER (or
Awning Ridens)
(Range: southern Mexico to El Salvador)
- Ridens ridens ______
FROSTED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama)
Genus PROTEIDES
- Proteides mercurius (ph) ______
(K:273) (PE:30)(PW:text)
Proteides mercurius mercurius ______
(AZ:373) (MCA:153) (subspecies from Texas to
Argentina; as a stray to Arizona)
MERCURIAL SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, and
West Indies. Strays north to southern US.)

Mercurial Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
Genus POLYGONUS
- Polygonus leo ______ (AZ:233)
(K:267) (MCA:159) (PE:30)(PW:35)
Polygonus leo arizonensis ______ (subspecies from the southwest
US, mostly strays, to Central America)
Polygonus leo pallida ______ (subspecies from Central America to
Argentina)
HAMMOCK SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, also
Florida & West Indies)
- Polygonus savingy (or manueli) ______
(MCA:159) (PE:text)
Polygonus savingy savingy ______ (subspecies from northern Mexico to
Argentina)
MANUEL'S SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, and
West Indies)
Genus CHIOIDES
- Chioides catillus ______ (AZ:235) (C:377)
(K:271) (MCA:158) (PE:30)(PW:35)
WHITE-STRIPED LONGTAIL
(Range: the southwest US to
Costa Rica)
- Chioides catillus ______
(100C:34-c)
Chioides catillus albius ______ subspecies in Costa Rica and
Panama; described in 1952
BLURRY-STRIPED LONGTAIL
The adult butterfly of Chiodes catillus is
the longest-tailed of the long-tailed skippers (in the Guanacaste region of
Costa Rica), along with its "look-alike", Chiodes
zilpa (below), which has a slightly different white
pattern on the underside of the hindwings.
- Chioides zilpa ______
(AZ:235) (K:271) (MCA:158) (PE:30)(PW:35)
ZILPA LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador;
with strays to the southwest US & south Texas)
Genus AGUNA
- Aguna asander ______ (AZ:373)
(K:273) (MCA:158) (PE:30)(PW:35)
Aguna asander asander ______ (subspecies from the southwest US
to Argentina)
GOLD-SPOTTED AGUNA
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, and
West Indies)
- Aguna claxon ______ (MCA:158)
(PE:text)
EMERALD AGUNA
(Range: south Texas to
Suriname; also Cuba)
- Aguna coelus ______
STOLL'S AGUNA
(Range: Costa Rica to Peru & central Brazil)
- Aguna ganna ______
GANNA AGUNA
(Range: Costa Rica to Venezuela)
- Aguna panama ______
PANAMANIAN AGUNA
(Range: Honduras to Venezuela)
- Aguna metophis ______ (K:273)
(MCA:158) (PE:30)
LONG-TAILED AGUNA
(Range: south Texas to southern Brazil)
- Aguna albistria
______
Aguna albistria leucogramma ______ (MCA:158)
(subspecies from
southeast Mexico to Suriname)
WHITE-STRIPED AGUNA
- Aguna coeloides ______
(MCA:158) (species described in 1998)
AUSTIN'S AGUNA
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Aguna aurunce ______
Aguna aurunce hypozonius ______ (MCA:158)
(subspecies from
southeast Mexico to Venezuela)
HEWITSON'S AGUNA
(or Knobby Aguna)
Genus TYPHEDANUS
- Typhedanus undulatus ______ (K:271)
(MCA:170) (PE:30)
MOTTLED LONGTAIL
(Range: south Texas, as a
stray, to Argentina)
- Typhedanus ampyx
______ (MCA:159)
GOLD-TUFTED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Typhedamus salas
______
SALAS SKIPPER
(Range: south Mexico & Belize)
Genus POLYTHRIX
- Polythrix octomaculata ______ (K:271)
(MCA:170) (PE:30)
EIGHT-SPOTTED LONGTAIL
(Range: southern Arizona, as a stray, & south Texas to
Argentina)
- Polythrix maizae ______ (species described in 1998)
MELANIC LONGTAIL
(Range: Nicaragua)
- Polythrix
asine ______ (MCA:170)
ASINE LONGTAIL (or
Dark-spotted Polythrix)
(Range: northern Mexico to Panama)
- Polythrix mexicanus
______ (MCA:170) (species described in
1969)
MEXICAN LONGTAIL
(Range: southwest US, as a stray, to Costa Rica)
- Polythrix caunus
______ (MCA:170)
FOUR-SPOTTED LONGTAIL
(or Square-spotted
Polythrix)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Paraguay & southern Brazil)
- Polythrix auginus
______
AUGINUS LONGTAIL
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Polythrix kanshul
______ (MCA:170) (species described in
1991)
KANSHUL LONGTAIL (or Shuey's
Polythrix)
(Range: southern Mexico to northeast Costa Rica)
- Polythrix metallescens
______ (MCA:170)
METALLESCENS LONGTAIL
(or White-striped Polythrix)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Peru & northern Peru)
Genus CODATRACTUS: MOTTLED-SKIPPERS
- Codatractus alcaeus ______ (K:273)
(MCA:165) (PE:text)(PW:35)
Codatractus alcaeus alcaeus ______ (subspecies from south Texas
to Costa Rica)
Codatractus alcaeus apulia ______ (subspecies from Panama to
western Ecuador)
WHITE-CRESCENT MOTTLED-SKIPPER
- Codatractus carlos ______
Codatractus carlos carlos ______ (MCA:165) (subspecies
from Mexico to Colombia)
CARLOS'
MOTTLED-SKIPPER (or Rusty Mottled-Skipper)
- Codatractus sallyae
______ (species described in 1995)
SALLY'S MOTTLED-SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico & Guatemala)
- Codatractus bryaxis ______ (MCA:165)
GOLDEN
MOTTLED-SKIPPER (or Tawny Mottled-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Honduras)
- Codatractus hyster ______
(MCA:165)
HYSTER SKIPPER (or
Hysterical Skipper)
(Range: Mexico & El Salvador)
- Codatractus melon ______
(MCA:165)
MELON MOTTLED-SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Codatractus cyda ______
(MCA:165)
CYDA
MOTTLED-SKIPPER (or Godman's Mottled-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Codatractus imalena
______
BLUISH MOTTLED-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to northern Brazil)
Genus URBANUS: LONG-TAILED SKIPPERS
- Urbanus proteus (ph)
______
Urbanus proteus protesus ______ GU(*)
(AZ:239) (K:269) (MCA:173) (PE:30)(PW:35) (S:36)
(subspecies from eastern & southern US to Argentina, another subspecies,
U. p. domingo, in the West Indies)
(COMMON) LONG-TAILED SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Argentina,
also Florida & West Indies)

Long-tailed Skipper
(photo by Rise Hill)
- Urbanus pronus ______ (BMCR:91)
(MCA:174)
(PE:text)
PRONUS LONGTAIL (or
Short-tailed Green
Longtail)
(Range: Mexico to southern
Brazil & Argentina)
- Urbanus esmeraldus ______ (MCA:173)
(PE:text)
ESMERALDA LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Peru and
the Guianas & Trinidad)
- Urbanus dorantes (ph) ______
Urbanus dorantes dorantes ______ (AZ:239)
(BMCR:91) (K:269) (MCA:172) (PE:30)(PW:36) (subspecies
from the southern US to Argentina)
DORANTES LONGTAIL
(Range: south Texas to Argentina, also Florida & West Indies)

A Dorantes Longtail photographed during the FONT
tour
in Panama in July 2013
(photo by Rise Hill)
- Urbanus teleus ______
(K:269) (MCA:171) (PE:30)
TELEUS LONGTAIL
(Range: south Texas to Argentina)
- Urbanus tanna ______ (MCA:171)
(PE:text)
TANNA LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador
& the Guianas, also Trinidad; as a stray to Texas)
- Urbanus simplicius ______ (PE:text)
(MCA:171) (PW:36)
PLAIN LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Argentina; as a stray to Texas)

A Plain Longtail photographed during the FONT tour
in Panama in July 2013
(photo by Rise Hill)
- Urbanus procne ______ (K:269)
(MCA:171) (PE:30)(PW:36)
BROWN LONGTAIL
(Range: south Texas to Argentina,
strays elsewhere in southwest US)
- Urbanus doryssus ______
Urbanus doryssus doryssus ______
(MCA:172) (P:39) (subspecies from southern Mexico to
Bolivia & southern Brazil)
WHITE-TAILED LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Urbanus albimargo ______
Urbanus albimargo albimargo ______ (MCA:172)
(subspecies from Mexico to Ecuador & Venezuela)
WHITE-EDGED LONGTAIL
- Urbanus viterboana
______ (MCA:173)
BLUISH LONGTAIL
(or Cobalt Longtail)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
- Urbanus belli
______ (MCA:173)
BELL'S LONGTAIL (or
Double-striped Longtail)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, north
to Texas as a stray)
- Urbanus pronta (ph)
______ (MCA:174) (species described in
1952)
SPOT-BANDED LONGTAIL
(or Interrupted Longtail or
Pronta Longtail)
(Range:Mexico to Argentina)

Spot-banded Longtail
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Urbanus prodicus
______ (MCA:174) (species
described in 1956)
MONTANE LONGTAIL (or Rosy Longtail)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica, often in cloud forest)
- Urbanus evona
______ (MCA:175) (species
described in 1952)
TURQUOISE LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Urbanus esma ______
(species described in 1952)
ESMA LONGTAIL
(Range: Panama to Brazil, & Trinidad)
- Urbanus esta
______ (MCA:175) (species
described in 1952)
ESTA LONGTAIL
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador & Brazil)
- Urbanus velinus
______ GU (MCA:175)
VELINUS SKIPPER (or
Narrow-winged Longtail)
(Range: Guatemala to Brazil, & Trinidad)
- Urbanus trebia ______
WHITE-CAPPED LONGTAIL
(Range: El Salvador to Colombia,
also Trinidad)
- Urbanus carmelita ______
Urbanus carmelita carmelita
______ (subspecies from Panama to Brazil)
CARMELITA LONGTAIL
- Urbanus virescens ______
GREEN-WASHED LONGTAIL
(Range: Panama to Paraguay &
southern Brazil)
- Urbanus chalco ______
GREAT WHITE LONGTAIL
(Range: Costa Rica to Paraguay
& southern Brazil)
Genus ASTRAPTES: FLASHERS
- Astraptes fulgerator ______
(AZ:375) (K:279) (MCA:162) (PE:30)(PW:36)
TWO-BARRED FLASHER (or
Flashing Astraptes)
(Range: south Texas (where mostly in the Rio Grande Valley) to Argentina)

Two-barred Flasher
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
Astraptes fulgerator, or the Two-barred Flasher, as
noted above, has a range in which it is widely distributed, from Texas to
Argentina.
This diurnal skipper is also found in just about every ecosystem from the edge
of near-desert to cloud forest, from dry forest to the deepest and wettest
rainforest.
The caterpillars have been found to eat more than 50 food plant species in 17
different families of plants.
So, it is not surprising that research, with DNA work, in Costa Rica has shown
that more than one species seems to be involved:
Astrapes LOHAMP ______
(100C:89-c) the caterpillar with yellow lateral spots feeds
on lower foliage and seedlings, with the food plant being Hampea
appendiculata
Astrapes HIHAMP ______ the brilliant orange-ringed caterpillar
feeds on older, more mature leaves in the crowns of large trees of Hampea
appendiculata
Astrapes LONCHO ______ the caterpillar with a pattern very
close to that of Astrapes LOHAMP, feeds mostly on cloud-forest
plants in the genus Lonchocarpus
(in the family Fabaceae)
Astrapes YESENN ______ the caterpillar feeds mostly on the
lowland to mid-elevation rain-forest plants, Senna
papillosa and Senna hayesiana
(in the family Fabaceae).
These are some examples of variations in what has been the single species Astraptes
fulgerator.
Beyond this, now, that "single species" has been expanded to 10
(or more).
- Astraptes egregius ______
Astraptes egregius egregius ______ (K:279) (MCA:161) (PE:text)
(subspecies from south Texas, as a stray, to Venezuela)
SMALL-SPOTTED
FLASHER
- Astraptes alardus ______
Astraptes alardus latia ______ (K:279)
(MCA:160) (PE:text)
(subspecies from east Mexico to Colombia, rarely Texas)
FROSTED FLASHER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, also Cuba,
rarely north to southern Texas)
- Astraptes anaphus ______
(K:279) (PE:text)
Astraptes anaphus annetta ______ (MCA:159) (subspecies
from south Texas to Guiana & Peru)
YELLOW-TIPPED FLASHER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, rarely north to southern Texas;
also in the West Indies)
- Astraptes
phalaecus ______ (MCA:159)
YELLOW-EDGED FLASHER (or
Pale-tipped Flasher)
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Astraptes creteus (or alfius)
______ (MCA:160)
Astraptes creteus creteus ______ (subspecies
in Nicaragua, and Colombia to Bolivia)
Astraptes creteus crana ______ (subspecies from southeast Mexico
to Panama, described in 1952)
Astraptes cretetus creteus ______ (subspecies from Panama to the
Guianas & Boiivia)
CRETATUS FLASHER
(or Silvered Flasher)
WHITENED FLASHER: A. c. crana & A. c. creteus
A. c. crana & A. c. creteus
- Astraptes alector (or gilberti)
______
Astraptes alector hopfferi ______ (MCA:160)
(subspecies from Mexico to Bolivia & northwest Brazil)
GILBERT'S FLASHER
- Astraptes megalurus
______ (MCA:160)
LONG-TAILED FLASHER
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Astraptes chiriquensis ______ (MCA:161)
Astraptes chiriquensis chiriquensis (or erana) _____ (MCA:161)
("Blue-and-yellow" Chiriqui Flasher) (subspecies from eastern
Mexico to Venezuela & Ecuador)
CHIRIQUI FLASHER
- Astraptes latimargo ______
Astraptes latimargo latimargo ______ (subspecies in Panama, and
Colombia & Ecuador)
WHITE-EDGED
FLASHER
- Astraptes bifascia
______ (MCA:161:
A. latimargo)
GREEN-HEADED FLASHER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Panama)
-
Astraptes tucuti ______ (MCA:162)
LILAC-BASED FLASHER
(Range: in Central America, from Guatemala to Panama)
- Astraptes brevicauda (or talthybius) ______ (MCA:162)
SHORT-TAILED FLASHER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Astraptes palliolum
______
OCHRE-STAINED FLASHER
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Astraptes talus ______
(MCA:163)
GREEN FLASHER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina; also the West Indies)
- Astraptes aulus
______
GREEN-TINGED FLASHER
(Range: Nicaragua to Argentina)
- Astraptes enotrus ______ (MCA:163)
WHITE-SPOTTED FLASHER
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Astraptes janeira ______
(MCA:164)
SCHAUS' FLASHER (or
Bronze Flasher)
- Astraptes apastus ______
Astraptes apastus apastus ______ (MCA:164) (subspecies
from southeast Mexico to northern Brazil)
BROAD-BANDED
FLASHER (or Mossy Flasher)
- Astraptes galesus
______
Astraptes galesus cassius ______ (subspecies from Costa Rica to
Venezuela)
DULL FLASHER
- Astraptes weymeri
______ (now included in Astraptes Chiriquensis, above)
WEYMER'S FLASHER
Genus NARCOSIUS
- Narcosius nazaraeus ______
(MCA:164) (species described in 1986)
NAZAREUS FLASHER
(or Steinhauser's Flasher)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia & Brazil)
- Narcosius colossus ______
Narcosius colossus colossus ______ (MCA:164) (subspecies
from Mexico to Venezuela)
COLOSSAL FLASHER
- Narcosius parisi ______
Narcosius parisi helen ______ (MCA:164)
(subspecies from Mexico to Panama, described in 1952)
STEELY FLASHER (or
Trojan Flasher)
- Narcosius samson ______
(MCA:164) (species described in 1952)
SAMSON FLASHER (or
Strong Flasher)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Bolivia & Brazil)
Genus AUTOCHTON: BANDED SKIPPERS
- Autochton cincta ______
(MCA:167) (PW:36)
CHISOS BANDED SKIPPER
(Range: west Texas to Guatemala)
- Autochton cellus
______ (MCA:167)
GOLDEN BANDED SKIPPER
(Range: central & southern US to El Salvador)
- Autochton vectilucis
______ (MCA:167)
CENTRAL AMERICAN BANDED
SKIPPER (or Dark-fringed Banded Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Panama)
- Autochton neis
______ (MCA:167)
BROAD BANDED
SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Autochton bipunctatus
______ (MCA:167)
GMELIN'S BANDED
SKIPPER (or Two-spotted Banded-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia & Brazil)
- Autochton zarex
______ (MCA:167)
SHARP BANDED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Autochton longipennis
______ (MCA:167)
SPIKE BANDED SKIPPER
(or Narrow Banded-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus CALLIADES
- Calliades zeutus
______ (MCA:168)
ZEUTUS BANDED-SKIPPER (or Zoot Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to the Guianas & Bolivia)
Genus ACHALARUS: HOARY EDGES
- Achalarus albociliatus ______ (MCA:176)
(PW:36)
Achalarus albociliatus albociliatus ______ (subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica; as a stray to so TX & se AZ)
Achalarus albociliatus leucophrys ______ (subspecies in Panama
& Colombia)
WHITE-EDGED CLOUDYWING (or
Skinner's Cloudywing)
- Achalarus toxeus ______ (AZ:377)
(K:265) (MCA:176) (PE:31)(PW:36)
COYOTE CLOUDYWING
(Range: south Texas to Panama)
- Achalarus tehuacana
______ (MCA:176)
TEHUACAN CLOUDYWING
(or Dark Cloudywing)
(Range: Mexico & Guatemala; as a stray to south Texas)
Genus THESSIA
- Thessia jalapus
______ (K:265) (MCA:176) (PE:text)
JALAPUS CLOUDYWING
(Range: Mexico to Colombia; as a stray to south Texas)
- Thessia athesis
______
ATHESIS CLOUDYWING
(Range: Panama, also Colombia, Venezuela, Tobago)
Genus CABARES
- Cabares potrillo ______ (K:277)
(PE:31)(PW:37)
Cabares potrillo potrillo ______ (AZ:377)
(MCA:178) (subspecies from south Texas to Costa Rica; also as a stray
to se Arizona, and in Cuba & Hispaniola)
Cabares potrillo reducta ______ (subspecies in Panama; also
Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
POTRILLO SKIPPER
Genus SPATHILEPIA
- Spathilepia clonius ______
(K:277) (MCA:178) (PE:31)
FALCATE SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas, where
sporadic, and from Mexico
to Argentina)
Genus COGIA: PYRAMID-SKIPPERS
- Cogia calchas ______ (K:265)
(MCA:177) (PE:31)(PW:37)
MIMOSA SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Argentina)
- Cogia hippalus ______ (AZ:245)
(MCA:177) (K:259)
(PE: text)(PW:37)
Cogia hippalus hiska ______ (subspecies
from east Mexico to Costa Rica; described in 1953)
ACACIA SKIPPER
(Range: southwest US to Brazil)
- Cogia caicus ______
(AZ:245) (MCA:177) (PW:37)
Cogia caicus caicus ______ (subspecies from southern Mexico to
Costa Rica)
GOLD-COSTA SKIPPER
(Range: Arizona & so New Mexico to Guatemala)
- Cogia cajeta ______
Cogia cajeta cajeta ______ (subspecies from southeast Mexico to
Nicaragua)
Cogia cajeta eluina
______ (MCA:177) (subspecies from west
Mexico to Costa Rica)
YELLOW-HAIRED SKIPPER
"DARKENED" YELLOW-HAIRED SKIPPER: C. c. eluina
- Cogia mala ______
(MCA:177) (species described in 1953)
GUATEMALAN SKIPPER
(or Pale Pyramid-Skipper)
(Range: south Mexico & Guatemala)
Genus TELEMIADES: LEAF-HUGGERS
- Telemiades choricus ______
MEXICAN TELEMIADES
(Range: southern Mexico & Belize)
- Telemiades megallus
______ (MCA:179)
ORANGE TELEMIADES (or Tawny
Leafhugger)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Telemiades (amphion)
fides ______ (MCA:180) (species
described in 1949)
SMALL TELEMIADES
(or Costa-spotted Leafhugger)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador & the upper Amazon)
- Telemiades avitas
______ (MCA:180)
YELLOW-SPOTTED TELEMIADES
(or Yellow-spotted Leafhugger)
(Range: southeast Mexico to the northern Amazon)
- Telemiades nicomedes
______ (MCA:180)
DARK TELEMIADES (or Dark Leafhugger)
(Range: southeast Mexico to the upper Amazon)
- Telemiades delalande
______ GU (MCA:180)
DELALANDE SKIPPER (or Purplish
Leafhugger)
(Range: Guatemala to Venezuela & Peru, the upper Amazon)
- Telemiades centrites
______
Telemiades centrites gallius ______ (subspecies in Costa Rica
& Panama, in mid-elevation rain forest)
CENTRITES SKIPPER
- Telemiades chrysorrhoea
______
CHRYSORRHOEA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama, in cloud forest)
- Telemiades sila
______ (species described in 1953)
SILA TELEMIADES
(Range: Nicaragua to Venezuela & Ecuador)
- Telemiades epicalus
______
HUBNER'S TELEMIADES
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil)
- Telemiades meris
______
Telemiades meris meris ______ (subspecies in Panama &
Colombia)
MERIS TELEMIADES
- Telemiades penidas
______
PENIDAS TELEMIADES
(Range: Costa Rica to southern Brazil)
- Telemiades antiope
______
Telemiades antiope antiope ______ (subspecies from Nicaragua to
southern Brazil)
PLOTZ'S TELEMIADES
- Telemiades oiclus (or cora)
______
OICLUS SKIPPER
(Range: Honduras to Panama)
Subfamily PYRGINAE, tribe CELAENORRHININI
Genus CELAENORRHIBUS: FLATS
- Celaenorrhinus aegiochus ______
FLASHING FLAT
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama)
- Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri ______ (AZ:377)
(K:277) (MCA:178) (PE:text)(PW:37)
FRITZGAERTNER'S FLAT
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica, periodically to south Texas)
- Celaenorrhinus stallingsi ______
(K:277) (MCA:178) (PE:31) (species described in 1946)
STALLINGS' FLAT
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica, periodically to south Texas)
- Celaenorrhinus stola
______ (MCA:178) (species
described in 1952)
STOLA FLAT (or Elegant Flat)
(Range: Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Celaenorrhinus eligius
______ (MCA:178)
ELIGIUS FLAT (or
Stoll's Flat)
(Range: Costa Rica to Peru & the
Guianas; also Trinidad & Tobago)
- Celaenorrhinus
monartus ______ (MCA:178)
DOTTED FLAT
(Range: southern Mexico to northern Brazil)
- Celaenorrhinus approximatus
______ (species described in 1940)
APPROXIMATE FLAT
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama)
- Celaenorrhinus bifurcus ______
BIFURCATE FLAT
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador
& the Guianas; also Trinidad)
- Celaenorrhinus cynapes ______
Celaenorrhinus cynapes cynapes ______ (subspecies from
southern Mexico to Ecuador)
SMALL FLAT
Subfamily PYRGINAE, tribe CARCHARODINI
Genus MICTRIS
- Mictris crispus
Mictris crispus caerula ______ (MCA:180)
(subspecies from southern Mexico to Ecuador)
CRISP SKIPPER
Genus ARTEUROTIA
- Arteurotia tractipennis ______
Arteurotia tractipennis tractipennis ______ (MCA:182)
(PE:text) (subspecies
from south Texas to Surinam & Bolivia)
STARRED SKIPPER
Genus MIMIA
- Mimia phidyle ______
Mimia phidyle phidyle ______ (subspecies from Mexico to Panama)
PHIDYLE SKIPPER
Genus POLYCTOR:
TUFTED-SKIPPERS
- Polyctor cleta (ph) ______ (BMCR:91)
(MCA:195) (species described in 1953)
CLETA TUFTED-SKIPPER
(or
White Enops)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)

Cleta Tufted
Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Polyctor polyctor ______
(MCA:195)
Polyctor polyctor polyctor ______ (subspecies from
Costa Rica to Argentina)
POLYCTOR TUFTED-SKIPPER (or Common Enops)

Polyctor Tufted
Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Polyctor enops ______
(MCA:195)
ENOPS TUFTED
SKIPPER (or Brown Enops)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus NISONIADES
- Nisoniades rubescens ______ (K:275)
(MCA:181)
(PE:text)
PURPLISH TUFTED-SKIPPER (or
Purplish-black Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Amazonian
Brazil,
strays to far-southern Texas)
- Nisoniades godma
______ (MCA:181) (species
described in 1953)
GODMA
TUFTED-SKIPPER (or Guatemalan Pellicia)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Nisioniades panama
______ (species described in 1953)
PANAMANIAN TUFTED-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Ecuador)
- Nisoniades ephora
______ (MCA:181)
EPHORA
TUFTED-SKIPPER (or Small-spotted Pellicia)
(Range: Mexico to the Guianas & Peru;
also Trinidad)
-
Nisoniades castolus ______ (MCA:181)
CASTOLUS TUFTED-SKIPPER (or
Hewitson's Pellicia)
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Nisoniades laurentina
______ (MCA:181)
DARK TUFTED-SKIPPER (or Dark Pellicia)
(Range: southeast Mexico to the Guianas; also Trinidad)
- Nisioniades macarius ______
MACARIUS TUFTED-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Argentina)
- Nisioniades torta ______
(species described in 1989)
TORTA
TUFTED-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama)
Genus PELLICIA
- Pellicia arina ______ (K:275)
(MCA:181) (PE:31) (species described in 1953)
GLAZED TUFTED-SKIPPER (or
Glazed Pellicia)
(Range: south Texas to Panama)
- Pellicia costimacula ______
Pellicia costimacula costimacula ______ (subspecies from
Panama to southern Brazil)
FROSTED TUFTED-SKIPPER
- Pellicia angra ______
Pellicia angra angra ______ (MCA:181)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to Panama, described in
1953)
RARE TUFTED-SKIPPER (or Confused Pellicia)
- Pellicia tonga ______
TONGA TUFTED-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Venezuela)
- Pellicia dimidiata ______
Pellicia dimidiata dimidiata ______ (MCA:181)
(PE:text) (subspecies from Mexico, & Texas as a stray,
to the upper Amazon; also Trinidad)
MORNING GLORY TUFTED-SKIPPER (or
Morning Glory Pellicia)
(Range: northern Mexico to Argentina)
Genus PACHYNEURIA
- Pachyneuria licisca
______ (MCA:181)
IMMACULATE
TUFTED-SKIPPER
(or Obscure Pellicia)
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
Genus WINDIA
- Windia windi ______ (species
described in 1969)
WIND'S SKIPPER
(Range: northwest Mexico to Costa
Rica)
Genus NOCTUANA
- Noctuana lactifera ______
Noctuana lactifera bipuncta ______ (MCA:200)
(subspecies from Mexico
to Nicaragua)
Noctuana lactifera lactifera ______ (subspecies from Costa
Rica to Colombia)
CRYTIC SKIPPER (or White-haired
Skipper)
- Noctuana noctua ______
NOCTUA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Peru)
- Noctuana stator
______ (MCA:182)
RED-STUDDED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Peru & the Guianas; also Trinidad)
Genus MORVINA
- Morvina fissimacula ______
Morvina fissimacula pelarge ______
(subspecies from Nicaragua to Panama)
PELARGE SKIPPER
Genus MYRINIA
- Myrinia myris ______
MYRIS SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico & Belize to southern Brazil)
Genus CYCLOSEMIA
- Cyclosemia leppa ______ (species
described in 1953)
LEPPA EYED-SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala to Bolivia)
- Cyclosemia anastomosis
______ (MCA:182)
NORTHERN EYED-SKIPPER
(Range: eastern Mexico to Ecuador)
- Cyclosemia lyrcaea ______
LYRCAEA EYED-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to southeast Brazil)
- Cyclosemia pedro ______
(species described in 1940)
PEDRO EYED-SKIPPER
(Range: Honduras to northern
Brazil)
- Cyclosemia caerulea ______
(species described in 2001)
CAERULEA
EYED-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Cyclosemia subcaerulea ______
SUBCAERULEA EYED-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus GORGOPAS:
SOOTYWINGS
- Gorgopas chlorocephala (ph) ______
Gorgopas chloroecphala chlorocephala ______ (subspecies from
Nicaragua to Bolivia)
GREEN-HEADED
SOOTYWING

Green-headed
Sootywing
(photo
by Sherry Nelson)
Genus BOLLA
- Bolla clytius ______
(AZ:378) (K:297) (MCA:183) (PE:31)(PW:37)
MOTTLED SOOTYWING (or
Mottled Bolla)
(Range: northern Mexico to
Honduras; with strays to southeast Arizona & south Texas)
- Bolla brennus ______
(MCA:183) (PE:text)
OBSCURE SOOTYWING (or
Obscure Bolla)
(Range: Mexico to Panama; as a
stray to south Texas)
- Bolla guerra ______ (species
described in 1953)
GUERRERO SOOTYWING
(Range: Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Bolla evippe ______
(MCA:183)
ROUGH-TIPPED SOOTYWING
(or Salvin's Bolla)
(Range: Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Bolla eusebius ______ (MCA:183)
SPATULATE SOOTYWING
(or Mauve Bolla)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Bolla imbras (or pullata) ______ (MCA:183)
ROUNDED SOOTYWING (or Rounded
Bolla)
Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
- Bolla cupreiceps ______
(MCA:183)
COPPER-HEADED SOOTYWING
(or Golden-headed Bolla)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Bolla orsines ______
(MCA:184)
HOOK-TIPPED SOOTYWING
(or Godman's Bolla)
(Range: Mexico to El Salvador)
- Bolla zorilla ______
(MCA:184)
ZORILLA SOOTWING (or
Shining Bolla)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
- Bolla subapicatus ______
(MCA:184)
FIN-TIPPED SOOTYWING
(or Pine-oak
Bolla)
(Range: Mexico, Guatemala)
- Bolla cylindus ______ (MCA:185)
CHECKERED SOOTYWING
(or Great
Bolla)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Bolla cyclops (or sonda) ______
(MCA:184) (MCA:185)
CYCLOPS SOOTYWING (or
Cyclops Bolla) (C. sonda: Evan's Bolla)
(Range: southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia)
- Bolla saletas ______
(MCA:185)
SALETAS SOOTYWING
(or Coppery Bolla)
(Range: Guatemala & El Salvador)
- Bolla atahuallpai
______
ATAHUALLPAI SOOTYWING
(Range: Panama to Argentina)
- Bolla boliviensis
______
BOLIVIAN SOOTYWING
(Range: Guatemala to Bolivia)
Genus STAPHYLUS: SOOTYWINGS
- Staphylus ascalaphus ______
(MCA:186)
CENTRAL AMERICAN
SOOTYWING (or Mauve Scallopwing)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Staphylus tierra ______ (MCA:186)
(species described in 1953)
WEST MEXICAN SOOTYWING
(or West Mexican Scallopwing)
(Range: west Mexico to El Salvador)
- Staphylus azteca ______
(MCA:187)
AZTEC SOOTYWING (or
Aztec Scallopwing)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Staphylus vulgata ______ (MCA:188)
GOLDEN-SNOUTED SOOTYWING
(or Golden-snouted
Scallopwing)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Staphylus vincula ______
(MCA:188)
MOUNTAIN SOOTYWING
(or Mountain Scallopwing)
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
- Staphylus lenis
______ (species described in 1989)
LENIS SOOTYWING
(Range: Yucatan Peninsula to Trinidad)
- Staphylus cartagoa
______ (species described in 1940)
CARTAGOA SOOTYWING
(Range: El Salvador, Costa Rica)
- Staphylus unicornis
______ (species described in 1993)
UNICORN SOOTYWING
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Staphylus parvus
______ (species described in 1993)
PARVUS SOOTYWING
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Staphylus esmeraldus
______ (species described in 1966)
ESMERALDUS SOOTYWING
(Range: eastern Costa Rica)
- Staphylus evemerus
______
EVEMERUS SOOTYWING
(Range: Nicaragua to Panama)
- Staphylus caribbea
______ (species described in 1940)
PANAMANIAN SOOTYWING
(Range: Nicaragua to Ecuador)
- Staphylus perforata
______
PERFORATA SOOTYWING
(Range: Panama to Peru)
- Staphylus oeta ______
OETA SOOTYWING
(Range: Costa Rica to Argentina)
- Staphylus huigra
______
Staphylus huigra huigra ______ (subspecies in El Salvador, and
Ecuador to Bolivia)
HUIGRA SOOTYWING
Subfamily PYRGINAE, tribe
ERYNNINI
Genus GORGYTHION
- Gorgythion begga ______
(K:275) (PE:text)
Gorgythion begga pyralina ______ (MCA:200)
(subspecies from south Texas to the Guianas & Bolivia)
VARIEGATED SKIPPER
- Gorgythion vox
______ (MCA:200) (species
described in 1953)
CRAB'S-CLAW SKIPPER
- Gorgythion beggina ______
Gorgythion beggina escalophoides ______ (subspecies from
Costa Rica to Argentina)
BEGGINA SKIPPER
Genus SOSTRATA
- Sostrata grippa ______
(species described in 1953)
GRIPPA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia)
- Sostrata nordica (ph) ______
(MCA:191) (PE:text) (species described in 1953)
BLUE-STUDDED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa
Rica, as a rare
stray to far-southern Texas)

Blue-studded Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Sostrata bifasciata
______
Sostrata bifasciata leucorrhoa ______ (subspecies from Costa
Rica to Colombia)
METAL-STUDDED SKIPPER
- Sostrata pusilla ______
Sostrata pusilla pusilla ______ (subspecies from Nicaragua
to the upper Amazon)
PUSILLA SKIPPER
Genus POTAMANAXAS
- Potamanaxas unifasciata ______
(MCA:193)
FELDER'S SKIPPER (or Starred Potam)
(Range: Mexico to Peru)
- Potamanaxas xantholeuce ______
XANTHOLEUCE SKIPPER
(Range: Panama)
- Potamanaxas thoria ______
THORIA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Peru)
- Potamanaxas melicertes ______
MELICERTES SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
- Potamanaxas hirta ______
Potamanaxas hirta paphos ______
(subspecies from Costa Rica to Ecuador, described in 1953)
HIRTA SKIPPER
- Potamanaxas effusa ______
Potamanaxas effusa confusa ______
(subspecies in Panama & Colombia)
EFFUSA SKIPPER
- Potamanaxas thestia ______
Potamanaxas thestia cranda ______ (subspecies
in Costa Rica, described in 1953)
THESTIA SKIPPER
- Potamanaxas latrea ______
Potamanaxas latrea latrea ______
(subspecies in Nicaragua)
Potamanaxas latrea caliadne ______ (subspecies in Costa
Rica)
LATREA
SKIPPER
Genus MYLON: MYLONS
- Mylon lassia ______ (MCA:189)
BOLD MYLON
(Range: Mexico to the Guianas,
also Trinidad)
- Mylon maimon (or mednippus) ______ (BMCR:91)
(MCA:189)
COMMON MYLON (or
Black-veined Mylon)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Mylon salvia ______ (MCA:189)
(species described in 1953)
EVANS' MYLON
(Range: Guatemala to
Colombia)
- Mylon pelopidas (ph) ______ (MCA:189)
PALE MYLON
(or Dingy Mylon)
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay)

Pale Mylon
(photo by Sherry C. Nelson)
- Mylon cajus ______
Mylon cajus hera ______ GU
(MCA:189) (subspecies described in 1953)
CRYPTIC MYLON
(or Unbarred Mylon)
- Mylon jason ______ (MCA:189)
JASON'S MYLON
(Range: Guatemala to Paraguay
& southern Brazil)
- Mylon orsa (ph) ______ (species
described in 1953)
ORSA MYLON
(Range: Costa Rica)

Orsa Mylon
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Mylon ander ______
Mylon ander ander ______ (subspecies from Mexico to southern
Brazil)
NARROW-WINGED
MYLON
- Mylon cristata ______ (species
described in 2000)
AUSTIN'S MYLON
(Range: southern Mexico &
Guatemala)
Genus GRAIS
- Grais stigmatica ______ (AZ:381)
(K:277) (MCA:201) (PE:32)(PW:37)
Grais stigmatica stigmatica ______ (subspecies from Mexico to
Argentina, as a stray to Texas & further north)
HERMIT SKIPPER
Genus TIMOCHARES
- Timochares ruptifasciata ______
(MCA:201)
BROWN-BANDED SKIPPER
(Range: southwest US to Belize)
- Timochares trifasciata ______
(MCA:201)
Timochares trifasciata trifasciata
______ (subspecies from Mexico to southern Brazil)
MANY-BANDED
SKIPPER (or
Five-banded Skipper)
Genus ANASTRUS: BLUEVENTS
- Anastrus meliboea
______ (MCA:201)
Anastrus meliboea meliboea ______ (subspecies from
Costa Rica to Colombia)
SCARCE ANASTRUS (or
Teal-bordered Bluevent)
- Anastrus neaeris ______
Anastrus neaeris neaeris ______ (MCA:201)
(subspecies from southern Mexico to Venezuela & Ecuador)
Anastrus neaeris narva ______ (subspecies from Panama
to Bolivia & east-central Brazil)
BRILLIANT ANASTRUS
(or Brilliant Bluevent)
- Anastrus sempiternus ______
Anastrus sempiternus sempiternus ______ (MCA:201)
(subspecies from Mexico to Ecuador; as a stray to south Texas)
COMMON ANASTRUS (or Common Bluevent)
- Anastrus tolimus ______
Anastrus tolimus tolimus ______ (subspecies from eastern
Mexico to Ecuador)
BLURRY ANASTRUS
- Anastrus petius ______
Anastrus petius peto ______ (subspecies from Guatemala to
Costa Rica, described in 1953)
PETO
SKIPPER
- Anastrus virens ______
Anastrus virens albopannus ______ (species from southeast
Mexico to Panama, described in 2002)
AUSTIN'S ANASTRUS
Genus TOSTA
- Tosta gorgus ______
GORGUS SKIPPER
(Range: Belize, Costa Rica)
- Tosta platypterus ______
PLATYPTERUS SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Panama)
- Tosta niger ______ (species
described in 1940)
COLUMBIAN SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
Genus EBRIETAS: BENTWINGS
- Ebrietas osyris
______ (MCA:199)
YELLOW-PATCHED
BENT-SKIPPER (or Great Bentwing)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Venezuela
& Ecuador)
- Ebrietas badia ______
BADIA BENT-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to
Bolivia)
- Ebrietas anacreon
______
Ebrietas anacreon anacreon ______ (MCA:199)
(subspecies from Mexico to Argentina)
COMMON BENT-SKIPPER (or Common Bentwing)
- Ebrietas evanidus
______ (MCA:199)
BLURRED BENT-SKIPPER (or Blurred Bentwing)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Peru, the upper Amazon)
- Ebrietas sappho
______ (MCA:199) (species
described in 1974)
SAPPHO BENT-SKIPPER (or Sappho Bentwing)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Ebrietas elaudia ______
Ebrietas elaudia livius
______ (MCA:199) (subspecies from
southeast Mexico to Bolivia)
Ebrietas elaudia elaudia ______ (subspecies from Panama
to Venezuela)
PLAIN BENT-SKIPPER (or Plain Bentwing)
ELAUDIA BENT-SKIPPER: Ebrietas
e. elaudia
Genus CAMPTOPLEURA: BENTWINGS
- Camptopleura (or Cycloglypha) thrasibulus
______ (MCA:199)
Camptopleura thrasibulus thrasibulus ______ (subspecies from
Mexico to southern Brazil)
WIDESPREAD
BENT-SKIPPER (or Aztec Bentwing)
- Camptopleura auxo
______ (MCA:199)
AUXO BERNT-SKIPPER
(or Columbian Bentwing)
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern
Brazil)
- Camptopleura theramenes
______ (MCA:199)
MABILLE'S BENT-SKIPPER
(or Moire Bentwing)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Bolivia & Brazil)
- Camptopleura impressus ______
IMPRESSIVE BENT-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil,
in Minas Gerais)
- Camptopleura tisias ______
(MCA:199)
TISIAS BENT-SKIPPER
(or Ringless Bentwing)
(Range; southeast Mexico to southern
Brazil)
- Camptopleura enega ______
ENEGA BENT-SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to southern
Brazil)
Genus HELIAS: BENTWINGS
- Helias cama
______ (MCA:200) (species
described in 1953)
SQUARED BENT-SKIPPER (or Square Bentwing)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Colombia)
- Helias godmani ______
GODMAN'S BENT-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
- Helias phalaenoides ______
Helias phalaenoides phalaenoides ______ (subspecies from
Panama to Bolivia)
FABRICIUS'
BENT-SKIPPER
Genus THEAGENES: BENTWING (or Bent-Skipper)
- Theagenes aegides (ph)
______ (MCA:200)
WHITE-CENTERED
BENT-SKIPPER (another names
is the Cloud-patched Bentwing)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)

White-centered
Bent-Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
Genus CHIOMARA
- Chiomara georgina ______
(AZ:249) (K:295) (PE:32) (PW:37):
these books say White-patterned Skipper
Chiomara georgina georgina ______ (subspecies from the
southwest US, in southeast Arizona & south Texas, to Costa Rica)
WHITE-PATCHED SKIPPER
- Chiomara asychis ______
(MCA:200)
Chiomara asychis simon ______ (subspecies from Costa
Rica to Venezuela; also Trinidad, described in 1953)
WHITE-PATTERNED
SKIPPER
(Range: also includes some islands in the West Indies, in the
southern Lesser Antilles)
- Chiomara mithrax ______ (AZ:381)
(MCA:200)
(PW:text)
MITHRAX DUSKYWING (or Slaty Skipper)
(Range: east Mexico to Argentina; also Cuba; and as a stray to se AZ)
Genus GESTA: DUSKYWING
- Gesta invisus ______
(K:287) (MCA:200) (PE:32)(PW:37)
FALSE DUSKYWING
(Range: Texas to Costa Rica)
- Gesta gesta
______
IMPOSTAR DUSKYWING
(Range: Costa Rica to Argentina; also the Greater Antilles)
Genus ERYNNIS: TRUE DUSKYWINGS
- Erynnis tristis ______ (AZ:255)
(K:283) (MCA:204) (PE:text)(PW:38)
Erynnis tristis tatius ______ (subspecies from southwest US to
Colombia)
MOURNFUL DUSKYWING
- Erynnis funeralis (ph) ______ (AZ:257)
(K:281) (MCA:204) (PE:32)(PW:38)
FUNEREAL DUSKYWING
(Range: southwest US to Argentina, wanders further north,
straying widely)

A Funereal Duskywing photographed during a FONT tour
in Costa Rica
(photo by Rosemary Lloyd)
- Erynnis scudderi ______
SCUDDER'S DUSKYWING
(Range: the southwest US to
Guatemala)
Subfamily PYRGINAE, tribe ACHLYODIDINI
Genus AETHILLA: GROUND-SKIPPERS
- Aethilla lavochrea
______ (MCA:198)
YELLOW-RIMMED SKIPPER (or Yellow-rimmed Ground-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Aethilla chiapa
______ (MCA:198)
HIGHLANDS SKIPPER
(or Chiapas Ground-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico & Guatemala)
- Aethilla echina ______
Aethilla echina exhina ______ (MCA:198)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
ECHINA SKIPPER
(or Frosted Ground-Skipper)
Genus ACHLYODES: SICKLEWINGS
- Achlyodes pallida (or selva) (ph)
______ (MCA:197)
PALE SICKLEWING
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia; as a stray
in south Texas)

Pale Sicklewing
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Achlyodes busirus
______ (MCA:197)
GIANT SICKLEWING
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
Genus EANTIS
- Eantis tamenund ______ (C:251)
(K:275) (MCA:197) (PE:31)
NORTHERN SICKLEWING (or SICKLE-WINGED SKIPPER)
(Range: Texas to northern Belize & Guatemala; also as a stray
further north)
- Eantis thraso ______
SOUTHERN SICKLEWING
(Range: southern Mexico &
southern Belize to Argentina)
Genus DOBERES
-
Doberes anticus ______ (MCA:197)
DARK DOBERES
(or
Cloud-forest Sicklewing)
(Range: southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus QUADRUS: BLUE-SKIPPERS
- Quadrus cerialis ______ (BMCR:91) (MCA:190)
COMMON BLUE-SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Quadrus lugubris ______
Quadrus lugubris lugubris ______ (MCA:190)
(subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica)
TANNED
BLUE-SKIPPER (or Lugubrious Blue-Skipper)
- Quadrus contubernalis ______
Quadrus contubernalis amicius
______ (MCA:190) (subspecies in
southern Mexico & Guatemala)
Quadrus contubernalis contubernalis ______ (MCA:190)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to the upper Amazon)
STRIPED
BLUE-SKIPPER (or Blue-ringed Blue-Skipper)
- Quadrus francesius ______ (MCA:190)
(species described in 1969)
CHIAPAN BLUE-SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico, in
Chiapas, to Costa Rica)
Genus PYTHONIDES
- Pythonides jovianus ______
Pythonides jovianus amaryllis
______ (BMCR:91) (MCA:191) (subspecies
from Mexico to Peru)
Pythonides jovianus jovianus ______ (subspecies in
Guatemala, and Colombia to the upper Amazon; also Trinidad)
VARIABLE
BLUE-SKIPPER (or Powder
Blue-Skipper)
- Pythonides proxenus ______
(MCA:191)
PROXENUS
BLUE-SKIPPER (or Black-topped Blue-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Venezuela
& Ecuador)
- Pythonides pteras ______ (MCA:191)
NARROW-WINGED
BLUE-SKIPPER (or Blue-spotted Blue-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Colombia)
- Pythonides grandis ______
Pythonides grandis assecla ______ (MCA:191)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to Peru, in the upper Amazon)
MANY-SPOTTED
BLUE-SKIPPER
- Pythonides herennius ______
Pythonides herennius herennius ______ (subspecies from
Panama to Peru, the Amazon)
HERENNIUS
BLUE-SKIPPER
Genus ZERA
- Zera zera ______
ZERA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to southern Brazil)
- Zera nolckeni ______ (MCA:192)
NOLCKEN'S SKIPPER (or
Barred Zera)
(Range: Panama to Bolivia; not in
Mexico)
- Zera hosta ______
(MCA:192)
(species described in 1953)
HOSTA SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to
Colombia)
- Zera phila ______
PHILA SKIPPER (or Unbarred Zera)
(Range: Panama to Bolivia)
- Zera hyacinthinus ______
Zera hyacinthinus hyacinthinus ______
(MCA:192) (subspecies from Mexico to Colombia)
BRUISED SKIPPER (or
Bruised Zera)
- Zera tetrastigma ______
Zera tetrastigma tetrastigma ______
(MCA:192) (subspecies from southern Mexico to the upper
Amazon; also Trinidad)
TETRASTIGMA
SKIPPER (or Least Zera)
- Zera belti ______
(MCA:192)
BELTI SKIPPER (or
Gaudy Zera)
(Range: southern Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Zera difficilis ______
DIFFICULT SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to the
upper Amazon)
Genus OULEUS
- Ouleus salvina
______ (MCA:193) (species
described in 1953)
SALVIN'S SKIPPER
(was Geyer's Zera)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Ouleus cyrna ______ (MCA:193)
HIDDEN-YELLOW
SKIPPER (was Hidden-yellow Zera)
(Range; southern Mexico to Panama)
- Ouleus bubaris ______ (MCA:193)
BUBARIS SKIPPER
(was Pale-bordered Zera)
(Range: southern Mexico &
Guatemala)
- Ouleus calavius ______
CALAVIUS SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to
Panama)
- Ouleus panna ______
(species described in 1953)
PANNA SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala to Colombia)
- Ouleus dilla ______
Ouleus dilla baru ______ (subspecies in Costa Rica &
Panama, described in 1973)
DILLA
SKIPPER
- Ouleus negrus ______
Ouleus negrus negrus ______ (subspecies in Costa Rica &
Panama, described in 1980)
NEGRUS SKIPPER
Genus GINDANES
- Gindanes brontinus ______
Gindanes brontinus brontinus ______ (MCA:193)
(subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica)
STRAIGHT-EDGED SKIPPER
- Gindanes brebisson ______
Gindanes brebisson panaetius ______ (MCA:193)
(subspecies from southeast Mexico to Panama)
WHITE-TRAILED SKIPPER
Genus HAEMACTIS
- Haemactis sp. ______
RED-WASHED
SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua & Costa
Rica)
Genus ATARNES
- Atarnes sallei ______
(BMCR:91)
(MCA:193)
ORANGE-SPOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
Genus MILANION
- Milanion hemes ______
Milanion hemes hemes ______ (subspecies from Costa Rica to
the Guianas; also Trinidad)
HEMES SKIPPER
- Milanion marciana ______
MARCIANA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
Genus PARAMIMUS
- Paramimus stigma ______
Paramimus stigma stanna ______ (subspecies in Panama)
STIGMA SKIPPER
Subfamily PYRGINAE, tribe PYRGINI
Genus CLITO
- Clito aberrans ______
(MCA:195)
NORTHERN CLITO (or
Northern Clipper)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Clito zelotes ______ (MCA:195)
HEWITSON'S CLITO
(or Hewitson's Clipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to the
Guianas & the upper Amazon)
Genus ERACON
- Eracon biternata ______
BITERNATA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica & Panama)
- Eracon clinias ______
CLINIAS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to the Amazon)
- Eracon lachesis ______
LACHESIS SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Panama)
- Eracon paulinas ______
TEAR-DROP SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to the Guianas
& the Amazon)
- Eracon mnemon ______
HORSESHOE-SPOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
Genus SPIONIADES
- Spioniades abbreviata ______
Spioniades abbreviata abbreviata ______ (subspecies from Nicaragua
to Colombia)
WHITE-TIPPED
SKIPPER
- Spioniades artemides ______
ARTEMIDES SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil)
Genus PACHES: BLUE SKIPPERS
- Paches polla ______
(MCA:190)
POLLA BLUE-SKIPPER
(or Shining Blue-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa
Rica)
- Paches loxus (or zonula) (ph) ______
Paches loxus gloriosus ______ (MCA:190)
(subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica)
Paches loxus loxus ______ (subspecies from Panama to
Ecuador, Venezuela, & northern Brazil)
GLORIOUS
BLUE-SKIPPER (or
Brilliant Blue-Skipper)

Glorious Blue-Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
Genus CARRHENES: HOARY-SKIPPERS
- Carrhenes canescens ______
Carrhenes canescens canescens ______ (K:295) (MCA:194) (PE:31)
(subspecies from south Texas to Panama)
HOARY SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Argentina)
- Carrhenes callipetes ______ (MCA:194)
CLOUD-FOREST
HOARY-SKIPPER (or Ochre Hoary-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico &
Guatemala)
- Carrhenes fuscescens ______
Carrhenes fuscescens fuscescens ______
(MCA:194) (subspecies from Mexico to Costa Rica)
TANNED
HOARY-SKIPPER (or Black-spotted
Hoary-Skipper)
- Carrhenes calidius ______ (MCA:194)
RAIN-FOREST
HOARY-SKIPPER
(or Two-toned Hoary-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to
Bolivia)
- Carrhenes leada ______
BUTLER'S HOARY-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to southern
Brazil)
- Carrhenes meridensis ______
COSTA RICAN HOARY-SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to
Venezuela)
Genus PYRGUS: CHECKERED SKIPPERS
- Pyrgus adepta ______
(MCA:202)
CENTRAL AMERICAN CHECKERED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
Pyrgus adepta was a subspecies of the Common
Checkered Skipper, Pyrgus communis (AZ:259)
(C:235) (K:289) (PE:32)
(PW:39)
- Pyrgus oileus (ph) ______
(AZ:261) (K:289) (MCA:202) (PE:32)(PW:39)
TROPICAL CHECKERED SKIPPER
(Range: southern US to Costa Rica, also the West Indies)
- Pyrgus orcus (ph) ______
ORCUS CHECKERED SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Argentina; also Trinidad and north in
the Lesser Antilles to Dominica)
Pyrgus orcus was a subspecies of the Tropical
Checkered Skipper (above).

Above & below: Orcus Checkered Skippers
photographed during the FONT tour in Panama in July 2013
Above: the male. Below: the female.
(photos by Rise Hill)

Genus HELIOPETES (& HELIOPYRGUS): LARGE WHITE SKIPPERS
- Heliopyrgus (formerly Heliopetes) domicella
______ (AZ:263) (K:293) (MCA:203) (PE:33)(PW:39)
Heliopyrgus domicella domicella ______ (subspecies from
the southwest US to Venezuela)
ERICHSON'S WHITE-SKIPPER
(Range: northern Mexico to Argentina, strays into US)
- Heliopetes laviana ______
(AZ:265)
(K:293) (MCA:203) (PE:33)(PEp:353)(PW:39)
Heliopetes laviana laviana ______ (subspecies from the
southwest US to Venezuela)
LAVIANA WHITE-SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Argentina, strays into Arizona & cent
Texas)
- Heliopetes macaira ______
(K:293) (MCA:203) (PE:33)
Heliopetes macaira macaira ______ (subspecies from
south Texas to Panama)
TURK'S-CAP WHITE-SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Paraguay)
- Heliopetes arsalte (ph) ______ (MCA:203)
(PE:text) (species described by Linnaeus in 1758)
VEINED WHITE-SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas & Mexico to Argentina)

Veined White-Skipper
(photo by Jorge Bizarro)
- Heliopetes alana
______ (MCA:203)
ALANA WHITE-SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Heliopetes omrina ______
STAINED WHITE-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Argentina)
Genus DIAEUS
- Diaeus varna ______
(MCA:195)
CAMOUFLAGED SKIPPER
(Range: eastern Mexico to Panama)
Genus ONENSES
- Onenses hyalophora ______ (MCA:195)
CRYSTAL-WINGED SKIPPER
(Range: eastern Mexico &
Guatemala)
Genus XENOPHANES: GLASSY-WINGED SKIPPER
- Xenophanes tryxus (ph) ______
(K:295) (MCA:194) (PE:32)(PW:37)
GLASSY-WINGED SKIPPER
(Range: north Mexico to Argentina,
periodically as a stray in far-south Texas)

Glassy-winged Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
Genus SYSTASEA: POWDERED SKIPPERS
- Systasea pulverulenta
______ (AZ:247) (K:275) (MCA:198) (PE:31)(PW:37)
TEXAS POWDERED SKIPPER
(Range: southwest US to Guatemala)
Genus ZOPYRION: SANDY-SKIPPER
-
Zopyrion sandace ______ (MCA:198)
SANDY SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus ANTIGONUS: SPURWINGS
- Antigonus erosus (ph)
______ (MCA:196)
COMMON SPURWING (or
Dusted Spurwing)
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay & southern
Brazil; as a stray to Texas)

A Common Spurwing photographed during
the FONT tour in Panama in July 2013
(photo by Rise Hill)
- Antigonus nearchus
______ (MCA:196)
LARGE SPURWING
(or
Death-mask Spurwing)
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay & southern Brazil)
- Antigonus corrosus ______
SMALL SPURWING
(Range: eastern Mexico to Panama)
Genus TIMOCHREON
- Timochreon satyrus ______
Timochreon satyrus satyrus ______ (subspecies from Costa
Rica to the upper Amazon)
SATYR SKIPPER
Genus ANISOCHORIA
- Anisochora bacchus ______
(MCA:195)
NORTHERN SNOUT-SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to El
Salvador)
- Anisochora pedaliodina ______
Anisochora pedaliodina polysticta ______ (subspecies from
Costa Rica to the Guianas)
CENTRAL AMERICAN
SNOUT-SKIPPER
Subfamily HETEROPTERINAE: SKIPPERLINGS
Genus PIRUNA: SKIPPERLINGS
- Piruna aea aea ______
MANY-SPOTTED SKIPPERLING
(Range: central Mexico to Guatemala)
- Piruna brunnea ______
(MCA:205)
CHOCOLATE SKIPPERLING
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus DALLA: SKIPPERLINGS
- Dalla ramirezi ______ (species
described in 1969)
GOLD-RAYED SKIPPERLING
(Range: southern Mexico to Guatemala)
- Dalla freemani ______ (MCA:208)
(species described in 1997)
FREEMAN'S SKIPPERLING (or Mayan
Skipperling)
(Range: in Guatemala)
- Dalla pulchra
______
COSTA RICAN SKIPPERLING
(Range: in Costa Rica)
- Dalla octomaculata
______
EIGHT-SPOTTED SKIPPERLING
(Range: in Costa Rica)
- Dalla lysis
______
LYSIS SKIPPERLING
(Range: in Costa Rica)
- Dalla eryonas ______
CENTRAL AMERICAN SKIPPERLING
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
- Dalla frater ______
FRATER SKIPPERLING
(Range: Panama to Bolivia)
- Dalla diraspes ______
WIDESPREAD SKIPPERLING
(Range: Costa Rica to southern Brazil)
Genus DARDARINA
- Dardarina dardaris
______
DARDARIS SKIPPERLING
(Range: northwest Mexico to Costa Rica)
Subfamily HESPERIINAE: BRANDED (or GRASS) SKIPPERS
This group is comprised of more than 2,000 species worldwide.
Subfamily HESPERIINAE, Tribe ANTHOPTINI
Genus SYNAPTE:
including
FACETED-SKIPPERS
- Synapte cynaxa ______ (MCA:225)
BLACK-VEINED RUBY-EYE
(Range: southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Synapte syraces ______
(AZ:381) (MCA:212)
(PW:40)
BOLD FALCATED-SKIPPER
(Range: western Mexico, El Salvador)
- Synapte shiva ______ (MCA:212)
(species described in 1955)
FADED FALCATED-SKIPPER
(Range: western Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Synapte salenus salenus ______ (MCA:212)
(PE:text)
SALENUS FALCATED-SKIPPER
(Range: north Mexico to Colombia, rare stray north to Texas)
- Synapte
puma ______ (MCA:212) (species
described in 1955)
PANAMANIAN FALCATED-SKIPPER (or
Puma Faceted-Skipper)
(or
Puma Faceted-Skipper)
(Range: Panama)
- Synapte pecta
______ (species described in 1955)
(species described in 1955)
NORTHERN FALCATED-SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Costa Rica)
- Synapte silius ______ (MCA:212)
RAIN-FOREST FALCATED-SKIPPER (or Orange-edged
Faceted-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Argentina)
- Synapte lutelenta
______
WHITENED FALCATED-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus FALGA
- Falga sciras
______
SCIRAS SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
Subfamily HESPERIINAE, Tribe MONCINI
Genus LENTO
- Lento hermione hermione ______
HERMIONE SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Lento xanthina ______
XANTHINA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Venezuela)
Genus ZARIASPES: UNDERSKIPPERS
- Zariaspes mys ______ (MCA:210)
MYS SKIPPER (or Spade-marked
Underskipper)
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
Genus CANTHA
- Cantha roraimae ______
RORAIMA SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico and Belize to northern Brazil)
Genus ANTHOPTUS: UNDERSKIPPERS
- Anthoptus epictetus ______ (MCA:210)
TRAILSIDE SKIPPER (or Trailside
Underskipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Argentina)
- Anthoptus inculta
______
INCULTA SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Anthoptus insignis ______ (MCA:215)
IMMACULATE SKIPPER
(or Ferruginous Underskipper)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Anthroptus maracanae
______
TRINIDADIAN SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Trinidad and Tobago)
Genus PROPAPIAS
-
Propapias sipariana ______
SIPARIANA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Argentina)
Genus VINIUS
- Vinius sagitta ______
SAGITTA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to the Upper Amazon)
- Vinius tryhana tyhana ______
(MCA:210)
GOLD-WASHED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica, Guyana, Trinidad)
Genus VINPEIUS
- Vinpeius tinga
______ (species described in 1955)
FREEMAN'S SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to El Salvador)
Genus PHERAEUS
- Pheraeus odilia epidius
______
SNAZZY SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Colombia)
Genus APAUSTUS
-
Apaustus gracilis gracilis ______
DELICATE SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Ecuador)
- Apaustus menes ______
MENES SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to the upper Amazon)
Genus CALLIMORMUS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Callimormus saturtnus ______
(MCA:213)
SATURNUS SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Callimormus juventus ______ (MCA:213)
JUVENTUS
SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Argentina)
- Callimormus radiola radiola ______ (MCA:213)
RADIANT SKIPPER (or
Radiant Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Callimormus alsimo
______
ALSIMO SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil)
Genus VIRGA: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Virga virginius ______ (MCA:213)
VIRGINIUS SKIPPER
(or
Yellow-veined Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to the upper Amazon)
- Virga xantho ______
XANTHO SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Ecuador)
Genus PARPHORUS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Parphorus decora ______ (MCA:213)
DECORA SKIPPER (or Decorated
Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Parphorus storax storax ______ (MCA:213)
STORAX SKIPPER (or
Velvet-streaked Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Parphorus oeagrus
______
TAWNY-WASHED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Parphorus oca
______ (species described in 1955)
OCA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Peru)
- Parphorus granta
______ (species described in 1955)
GRANTA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama)
- Parphorus sapala ______
SAPALA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Peru)
- Parphorus jaguar
______ (species described in 2008)
STEINHAUSER'S SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua, Guyana)
Genus VEHILIUS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Vehilius stictomenes illudenis ______ (MCA:213)
PASTURE SKIPPER (or
Pasture Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Vehilius inca ______ (MCA:218)
INCA SKIPPER (or Inca Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Vehilius vetula ______
VETULA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Bolivia)
MNASITHEUS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Mnasithexus patage ______
BLACK-VEINED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Mnasitheus chrysophrys
______ (MCA:214)
CHRYSOPHYRS SKIPPER (or Yellow-legged Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Mnasitheus nitra
______ (MCA:214) (species described in 1955)
NITRA SKIPPER (or
Gold-dusted Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico. Belize, Guatemala to southern Brazil)
- Mnasiheus cephoides
______
CEPHOIDES SKIPPER
(Range: Belize to southern Brazil)
- Mnasitheus simplicissima
______ (MCA:214)
STRANGE-STIGMA
SKIPPER (or Christmas Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia)
Genus MNASICLES: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Mnasicles geta
______ (MCA:214)
VIOLET-FROSTED
SKIPPER (or Frosted Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Mnasicles hicetaon
______ (MCA:214)
GRAY SKIPPER (or Gray Brown-Skipper)
(Range: west Mexico and the Yucatan to Trinidad and Paraguay)
Genus MNASEAS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Mnaseas bicolor
______ (MCA:215)
DULL SKIPPER (or
Bicolored Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Panama)
- Mnaseas macia
______ (species described in 1955)
MACIA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador)
Genus EPRIUS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Eprius veleda veleda
______ (MCA:214)
VELEDA SKIPPER (or Godman's
Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
Genus EUTOCUS:
BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Eutocus facilis
______ (MCA:214)
FACILIS SKIPPER (or
Plain Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Bolivia)
- Eutocus matildae vinda
______ (subspecies described in 1955)
PURPLE-SHADED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia and southern Brazil)
- Eutocus vetulus velutus
______
VETULUS SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua and Costa Rica)
Genus REPENS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Repens florus
_______ (MCA:214)
FALSE ROADSIDE-SKIPPER (or Confused
Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Nicaragua)
Genus LUDENS
- Ludens ludens ______
LUDENS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Argentina)
Genus INGLORIUS
- Inglorius mediocris
______ (species described in 1997)
MEDIOCRE SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico, Belize, northern Guatemala)
Genus METHION: BROWN-SKIPPER
- Methion melas
_______ (MCA:214)
RUSTY SKIPPER (or Rusty
Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico, Guatemala)
Genus METHIONOPSIS: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Methionopsis ina
______ (MCA:214)
INA SKIPPER (or Ina Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Methionopsis dolor
______
DOLOR SKIPPER
(Range: Belize and Guatemala to Guyana and Peru)
- Methionopsis typhon
______ (MCA:214)
TYPHON SKIPPER (or
Typhon Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus THARGELLA: BROWN-SKIPPER
- Thargella caura caura
_______ (MCA:214)
ROUND-WINGED SKIPPER
(or Chocolate Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Bolivia and central Brazil)
Genus CORTICEA: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Corticea corticea ______
(K:311) (MCA:215) (PE:33)
REDUNDANT SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil, a rare stray to south Texas)
- Corticea lysias lysias
______ (MCA:215)
LYSIAS SKIPPER (or
Guatemalan Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Panama)
Genus LUCIDA
- Lucida lucia oebasus ______
MOTTLED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus PHANES: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Phanes almoda
______ (MCA:215)
ALMODA SKIPPER (or
Beautiful Brown-Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Phanes aletes
______ (MCA:215)
JEWELED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus SODALIA
- Sodalia sodalis
______
SODALIS SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to southern Brazil)
Genus MNESTHEUS
- Mnestheus ittona ______
ITTONA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Bolivia)
Genus ARTINES: PEACOCK-SKIPPERS
- Artinea aepitus ______
WIDESPREAD PEACOCK-SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil)
- Artinea rica
______ (species described in 1993)
COSTA RICAN PEACOCK-SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
Genus SATURNUS
- Saturnus reticulata obscurus
______ (MCA:215)
BELL'S SKIPPER (or
Skid-marked Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
Genus PHIEBODES
- Phiebodes campo sifax ______
(subspecies described in 1955)
SIFAX SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to the Amazon basin)
- Phiebodes eteocla ______
ETEOCLA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Argentina)
Genus JOANNA
- Joanna joanna ______ (species
described in 1955)
JOANNA'S SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
Genus VIDIUS
- Vidius perigenes ______
(K:311) (MCA:211) (PE:33)
PALE-RAYED SKIPPER
(Range: far-southern Texas to Colombia)
Genus MUCIA
- Mucia zygia
_______ (MCA:215)
BLACK-DOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Mucia gulala ______
GULALA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Bolivia and southern Brazil)
Genus REMELLA
- Remella duena
______ (MCA:216) (species described in
1955)
GUATEMALAN REMELLA
(or Narrow-banded Remella)
(Range: southern Mexico to Guatemala)
- Remella remus
______ (MCA:216)
BLACK-SPOT REMELLA
(or Whitened Remella)
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Remella rita
______ (MCA:216) (species described in
1955)
RITA'S REMELLA
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Remella vopiscus
______ (MCA:216)
CRYTPIC REMELLA (or
Triangle Remella)
(Range: southeast Mexico to northern Brazil)
Genus MOERIS
- Moeris hyagnis hyagnis
______ (MCA:216)
HYAGNIS SKIPPER (or
Godman's Skipper)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Moeris striga stroma
______ (MCA:216) (subspecies described in
1955)
FLAG SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
Genus TIGASIS
- Tigasis simplex
______ (MCA:216)
SIMPLE SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Tigasis nausiphanes
______
CLOUD-FOREST SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Tigasis zalates
______
ZALATES SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus HALOTUS
- Halotus rica ______
COSTA RICA SKIPPER
(Range: western Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Halotus angellus ______
ANGELLUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
Genus NICONIADES
- Niconiades incomptus
______ (species described in 1997)
HALF-TAILED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Niconiades xanthaphes
______
STUB-TAILED SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Uruguay)
- Niconiades nikko
______
NIKKO SKIPPER
(Range: eastern Mexico to Ecuador, Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Niconiades viridis
vista ______ (subspecies described in 1955)
VISTA SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Ecuador)
- Niconiades bifurcus
______ (species described in 2008)
BIFURCUS SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua)
Genus MONCA
- Monca crispinus (or
Monca tyrteus) ______ (K:309) (MCA:217) (PE:33)
VIOLET-PATCHED SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to Colombia)
- Monca telata ______
TELATA SKIPPER
(Range: Belize and Guatemala to Guyana, and Trinidad &
Tobago)
Genus MORYS
- Morys micythus (includes "compta")
______ (MCA:217)
MICYTHUS SKIPPER (or
Rusty Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
- Morys lyde
______ (MCA:217)
VIOLET-STUDDED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Morys valda (includes "valerius")
______ (MCA:217) (species described in 1955)
VALDA SKIPPER (on
Happy Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Morys geisa ______
GEISA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Trinidad to Argentina)
Genus ADLERODEA
- Adlerodea petrovna
______
PETROVNA SKIPPER
(Range: south Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus NASTRA: SWARTHY SKIPPERS
- Nastra julia (or Nastra hoffmanni)
______ (AZ:271)
(MCA:218)
(PE:34)
(PW:40)
JULIA'S SKIPPER
(Range: Texas & local in southwest US to Costa Rica)
- Nastra
leucone leucone ______ (MCA:218)
LEUCONE SKIPPER (or
Auburn Brown-Skipper)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus CYMAENES: BROWN-SKIPPERS
- Cymaenes alumna
______ (MCA:218)
ALUMNA SKIPPER (or
Butler's Brown Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Bolivia and southeast Brazil)
- Cymaenes fraus
______ (MCA:218)
FROSTY-BANDED SKIPPER (or Frosty-banded Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Cymaenes laurelolus
______ (MCA:218)
LAURELOLUS SKIPPER
(or Inky Brown-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
- Cymaenes tripunctus theogenis ______
(K:309) (MCA:219) (PE:34)
THOGENIS SKIPPER (or Three-spotted Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil, also south Florida & West
Indies)
- Cymaenes trebius ______
(K:309)
(MCA:218) (PE:34)
FAWN-SPOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Colombia, rarely strays to southeast Arizona)
Genus LEREMA
- Lerema accius (includes
lochius) ______ (AZ:273)
(K:309) (MCA:217) (PE:34)
CLOUDED SKIPPER
(Range: southern US to Venezuela, strays further north)
- Lerema liris ______
(MCA:217) (PE:text) (species described in 1955)
LIRIS SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Lerema lumina
______ (MCA:217)
OVERCAST SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Colombia)
- Lerema ancillaris
______
PLAIN SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Trinidad to the upper Amazon)
Genus MNASILUS
- Mnasilus allubita
______
BUTLER'S SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
Genus COBALOPSIS
- Cobalopsis autumna
______ (MCA:219)
AUTUMNA SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Cobalopsis nero (or zetus) ______ (MCA:219)
NERO SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Cobalopsis latonia
______
LATONIA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
- Cobalopsis miaba
MIABA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica
to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
Genus PAPIAS
- Papias dictys
______ (MCA:220)
BOTTOM-SPOTTED SKIPPER (or
Cheerful Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
- Papias phaeomelas
______ (MCA:220)
HUBNER'S SKIPPER (or
Geyer's Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Ecuador and the upper Amazon)
- Papias phainis
(or sobrinus)
______ (MCA:220)
SOMBER SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Peru and Uruguay)
- Papias subcostulata (or infuscata)
______ (MCA:220)
JUNGLE SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Papias trimacula
______ (species described in 1973)
THREE-DOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
Genus ARITA
- Arita arita
(or Thoon wellingi) ______ (MCA:220)
ARITA SKIPPER (or
Yellow-bellied Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Argentina)
Genus TURESIS: THOONS
- Turesis complanula
______ (MCA:221)
COMPLANULA SKIPPER (or Guatemalan
Thoon)
Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Turesis theste ______
THESTE SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus THOON
- Thoon modius
______ (MCA:221)
MOODY SKIPPER (or Model Thoon)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and the upper Amazon)
- Thoon taxes ______
TAXES SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
- Thoon aethus ______
DISJUNCT SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua, Bolivia)
- Thoon opus ______ (species described in 2008)
OPUS SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua, Guyana)
Genus EUTYCHIDE
- Eutychide complana
______ (MCA:222)
COMPLIANT SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and the upper Amazon)
- Eutychide paria
______ (MCA:222)
GOLD-DOT SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Colombia and the upper Amazon)
- Eutychide subcordata ochus
______ (MCA:222)
OCHUS SKIPPER (or
Subcord Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Eutychide asema ______
HONDURAS SKIPPER
(Range: Honduras)
Genus ENOSIS: BROWN-EYES
- Enosis achelous
______ (MCA:222)
FERRUGINOUS SKIPPER (or Ferruginous Brown-eye)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
- Enosis immaculata immaculata
______ (MCA:222)
IMMACULATE SKIPPER (or Immaculate Brown-eye)
(Range: Mexico to Peru)
- Enosis uza pruinosa
______
BLUE-SPOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: El Salvador and Nicaragua to Colombia)
Genus NAEVOLUS
- Naevolus orius
______ (MCA:223)
ORIUS SKIPPER (or
Yellow-ringed Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus TROMBA
- Tromba xanthura
______ (MCA:223)
YELLOW-WASHED
RUBY-EYE (or Yellow-washed Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
Genus DAMAS
- Damas clavus
______ (MCA:223)
VIOLET-WASHED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil)
- Damas immaculata ______
IMMACULATE RUBY-EYE
(Range: Panama)
Genus ORPHE
- Orphe gerasa ______
GERASA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to the Amazon basin)
- Orphe vatinius ______
VATINIUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Brazil)
Genus JUSTINIA
- Justinia norda (or
Justinia "phaetusa") ______ (species described in 1955)
FALSE SALIANA
(Range: southeast Mexico to Colombia)
- Justinia gertschi
______
GERTSCH'S SKIPPER
(Range: Panama)
-
Justinia justinianus ______
JUSTINIANUS SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua)
In Nicaragua as Justinia j. justinianus, but may be
Justinia j. dappa.
Genus ARGON
- Argon lota ______ (MCA:223)
ARGON SKIPPER (or
Inert Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
Genus ONOPHAS
- Onophas columbaria columbaria
______ (MCA:223)
BLUE-GLOSSED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and central Brazil)
- Onophas chlorocephala
______
GREEN-HEADED SKIPPER
(Range: Panama)
Genus VETTIUS: FANTASTIC SKIPPERS
- Vettius coryna conka
______ (MCA:224) (subspecies described in 1955)
Vettius coryna argentus (ph) ______ (MCA:224)
(subspecies
described in 1969) subspecies from Mexico to El Salvador
SILVER-PLATED
SKIPPER (or Cloud-forest Fantastic Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Panama)

Silver-plated Skipper
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Vettius diversa maeon
______ (MCA:224)
DIVERSA
SKIPPER (or Split-rayed Fantastic Skipper)
(Range: Nicaragua to Colombia)
- Vettius fantasos ______ (MCA:224)
(PE:text)
FANTASTIC SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay, strays to far-southern Texas)
- Vettius lefrenaye pica
______ (MCA:224)
TWO-TONED SKIPPER (or Two-toned Fantastic Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to the upper Amazon)
- Vettius marcus ______
(MCA:224)
MARCUS SKIPPER (or
Yellow Fantastic Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Argentina)
- Vettius
onaca ______ (MCA:224) (species described in 1955)
ONACA SKIPPER (or Black-spotted Fantastic Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to El Salvador)
- Vettius tertianus
______ (MCA:224)
BLURRY SKIPPER (or
Blurry Fantastic Skipper)
(Range: southeast Mexico to the Guianas, Trinidad)
- Vettius richardi ______
RICHARD'S SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Ecuador and Brazil)
- Vettius triangularis
______
TRIANGULAR SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Amazonas)
- Vettius phyllus phyllus
______
PHYLLUS SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to central Brazil)
- Vettius chagres
______ (species described in 1973)
CHAGRES SKIPPER
(Range: Panama and Colombia)
- Vettius aurelius ______
AURELIUS SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala to central Brazil)
- Vettius artona ______
WHITE-VEINED SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to southern Brazil)
Genus PARACARYSTUS
- Paracarystus hypargyra
______
HYPARGYRA SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus STYRIODES
- Styriodes quadrinotata ______
FOUR-MARKED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
- Styriodes lyco ______
LYCO SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
- Styriodes dedecora (or Styriodes
quaka) ______
DEDECORA SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to
Ecuador)
- Styriodes zeteki ______
ZETEKI'S SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala, Panama)
Genus DION
- Dion gemmatus ______
GEMMED SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
Genus VERTICA: RUBY-EYES
- Vertica verticalis coatepeca
______ (MCA:225)
VERTICAL SKIPPER (or
Pale-veined Ruby-eye)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Vertica subrufescens
______
SUBRUFESCENS SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Vertica ibis ______
IBIS SKIPPER
(Range: southeast Mexico, Bolivia)
Genus CARYSTUS: RUBY-EYES
- Carystus ploetzi
______ (species described in 2002)
PLOETZ'S RUBY-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Peru and central Brazil)
- Carystus phorcus phorcus
______ (MCA:225)
WHITE-PATCHED
RUBY-EYE (or Brown-and-gray Ruby-eye)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
Genus TISIAS: RUBY-EYES
- Tisias quadrata hermoda
______
QUADRATE RUBY-EYE
(Range: Panama to Ecuador)
- Tisias myna
______
MYNA RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
Genus LYCAS: RUBY-EYE
- Lycas argentea ______ (MCA:225)
SILVERED RUBY-EYE (or Fantastic Ruby-eye)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
Genus COBALUS: RUBY-EYE
- Cobalus fidicula
______ (MCA:225)
WHITE-CENTERED RUBY-EYE (or
White-patched Ruby-eye)
(Range: southern Mexico to Panama)
- Cobalus virbius virbius
______
WHITE-EDGED RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
Genus CARYSTOIDES: RUBY-EYES
- Carystoides escalantei
______ (species described in 1969)
ESCALANTE'S RUBY-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Carystoides basoches
______ (MCA:226)
BASOCHES RUBY-EYE (or
Violaceous Ruby-eye)
(Range: southern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Carystoides hondura
______ (MCA:226) (species described in 1955)
HONDURAN RUBY-EYE
(Range: Honduras to Costa Rica)
- Carystoides lila
______ (MCA:226) (species described in 1955)
LILA RUBY-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
- Carystoides lebbaeus lebbaeus
______
LEBBAEUS RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to northwest Ecuador)
- Carystoides sicania orbius
______ (MCA:226)
YELLOW-SPOTTED
RUBY-EYE (or Rusty Ruby-eye)
(Range: southern Mexico to Ecuador and the Guianas)
- Carystoides maroma
______
MAROMA RUBY-EYE
(Range: Panama to the Amazon basin)
Genus MEGALEAS
- Megaleas syrna
______
MEGALEAS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
Genus TALIDES: RUBY-EYES
- Talides alternata (ph)
______ (MCA:226)
ALTERNATE RUBY-EYE
(or Bell's Ruby-eye)
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)

Alternate Ruby-eye
(photo by Sherry Nelson)
- Talides cantra
______ (MCA:226) (species described in 1955)
CANTRA RUBY-EYE (or
Evans' Ruby-eye)
(Range: southern Mexico to Venezuela and western Ecuador)
- Talides sergestus
______ (MCA:226)
SERGESTUS RUBY-EYE
(or Cramer's Ruby-eye)
(Range: southeast Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Talides hispa
______ (species described in 1955)
HISPA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to western Ecuador, western Brazil)
Genus PERICHARES: RUBY-EYES
- Perichares adela (was Perichares
philetes) ______ (BMCR:96) (K:357) (MCA:227) (PE:text)
GREEN-BACKED RUBY-EYE
(Range: south Texas to southern Brazil; also West Indies)
- Perichares poaceaphaga ______ (species described in 2008)
GRASS-FEEDING RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Perichares geonomaphaga ______
(species described in 2008)
GEONOMA-FEEDING RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Perichares prestoeaphaga ______ (species described in 2008)
PRESTOEA-FEEDING RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Perichares deceptus deceptus
______ (MCA:227)
FLASHER
RUBY-EYE (or Brilliant Ruby-eye)
(Range: El Salvador to Costa Rica)
- Perichares lotus
______ (MCA:227)
LOTUS RUBY-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
- Perichares
seneca crotona ______ (MCA:227)
SENECA RUBY-EYE (or Deceptive Ruby-eye)
(Range: Panama, Venezuela)
Genus ORSES: RUBY-EYE
-
Orses cynisca ______ (BMCR:96) (MCA:227)
YELLOW-EDGED RUBY-EYE
(Range: Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil)
Genus ALERA
-
Alera haworthiana ______
GREEN-BANDED RUBY-EYE
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil)
Genus PYRRHOPYGOPSIS
- Pyrrhopygopsis agaricon
agaricon ______
AGARICON SKIPPER
(Range: southern Costa Rica, Colombia)
Genus DUBIELLA: RUBY-EYE
-
Dubiella fiscella belpa ______ (MCA:227) (species described
in 1955)
YELLOW-STRIPED RUBY-EYE
(Range: southern Mexico to Ecuador and the Guianas)
Genus CARYSTINA
- Carystina aurifer
______
GOLDEN-SPOTTED RUBY-EYE
(Range: Costa Rica to western Ecuador)
Genus LYCHNUCHOIDES: RUBY-EYE
- Lychnuchoides saptine
______ (MCA:227)
GOLDEN-BANDED RUBY-EYE
(Range: southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus FLACCILLA
-
Flaccilla aecas ______ (MCA:227)
AECAS RUBY-EYE
(or
Milky Ruby-eye)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus RHINTHON
- Rhinthon osca ______ (MCA:223)
(PE:text)
OSCA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador, also West Indies, periodically
strays to far-southern Texas)
- Rhinthon molion ______
BLUE-BASED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador)
Genus LERODEA
- Lerodea eufala eufala (ph) ______
(AZ:319) (K:353) (MCA:247) (PE:39)(PW:43)
EUFALA SKIPPER
(Range: southern US to Argentina, also the Lesser Antilles)

Above & below: the Eufala Skipper
Above, the butterfly; below, the caterpillar
(these 3 photos courtesy of Michiel Koomen)

Below, again the butterfly of the Eufala Skipper

- Lerodea arabus (or
Lerodea dysaules) ______ (AZ:319)
(MCA:247) (PW:43)
VIOLET-CLOUDED SKIPPER
(or Olive-clouded Skipper)
(Range: southern Arizona & south Texas to Costa Rica)
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, Tribe CALPODINI
Genus CALPODES: BRAZILIAN SKIPPER
- Calpodes ethlius ______ (AZ:321)
(BMCR:95) (K:357) (MCA:251) (PE:39)(PW:43) (S:44)
BRAZILIAN SKIPPER (also
called the Canna Skipper,
as it is common in gardens where Cannas are grown, on which the larva feeds)
(Range: southern US to Argentina, also West Indies)
Genus PANOQUINA
- Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides ______ (K:355)
(MCA:248) (PE:39)
OBSCURE SKIPPER
(Range: southern US to
Costa Rica, also
West Indies)
- Panoquina ocola ocola ______ (K:355)
(MCA:248) (PE:39)(PW:43)
OCOLA SKIPPER
(Range: Texas to Argentina,
also Greater Antilles)
- Panoquina hecebola ______
(K:355) (MCA:248) (PE:39)
HECEBOLUS SKIPPER
(Range: north Mexico to Paraguay,
regular stray to far-southern Texas)
- Panoquina lucas (or
Panoquina sylvicola)
______
(AZ:383) (K:357) (PE:39)(PW:43)
PURPLE-WASHED SKIPPER
(Range: north Mexico to Argentina, also West Indies, and regular stray
to south Texas)
- Panoquina evansi ______
(MCA:248)
EVANS' SKIPPER
(Range: south Texas to western Panama)
- Panoquina fusina sonta ______ (K:357)
(PEp:402)
FUSINA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama and Colombia)
- Panoquina pauper
pauper ______ (MCA:248)
PAUPER SKIPPER (or Poor Panoquin)
(Range: southeast Mexico to Colombia)
- Panoquina evadnes
______ (MCA:248)
EVADNES SKIPPER (or Nubby-banded Panoquin)
(Range: southern Mexico to Argentina)
Genus ZENIS
- Zenis jebus hemizona
(or Zenis janka) ______ (MCA:249)
PURPLE-STAINED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Peru and the Guianas)
- Zenis minos ______ (MCA:249)
MINOS SKIPPER (or Dyar's Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica, and southern Brazil)
Genus SALIANA: SALIANAS
- Saliana chiomara
______
CHIOMARA SALIANA
(Range: Panama to Peru and Brazil)
- Saliana triangularis
______ (MCA:250)
TRIANGULAR SALIANA (or Kaye's Saliana)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Saliana fusta
______ (MCA:252) (species described in 1955)
SUFFUSED SALIANA (or Fuzzy Saliana)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil)
- Saliana placens
______
OCHREOUS SALIANA
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
- Saliana hewitsoni
______ (MCA:252)
GREEN SALIANA (or Bronze Saliana)
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia)
- Saliana esperi esperi
______ (MCA:252) (subspecies described in 1955)
PERCHING SALIANA
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil)
- Saliana antoninus
______ (MCA:252)
PERSISTENT SALIANA (or Yellow-based Saliana)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Saliana longirostris
______ (MCA:252)
SHY SALIANA
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Saliana morsa
______ (species described in 1955)
MORSA SALIANA
(Range: Panama to the Amazon basin)
- Saliana salius ______ (MCA:252)
SULLIED SALIANA
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil and Uruguay)
- Saliana saladin saladin
______ (MCA:252) (subspecies described in 1955)
VIOLET-TIPPED SALIANA
(Range: southern Mexico to Peru)
- Saliana severus
______ (MCA:253)
DARK SALIANA
(Range: southern Mexico to Ecuador)
Genus THRACIDES
-
Thracides phidon ______ (MCA:253)
JEWEL-STUDDED SKIPPER (or Common Mimic-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Thracides thrasea
______
THRASEA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to the Amazon basin and Bolivia)
- Thracides nanea nida
______ (subspecies described in 1955)
NANEA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
- Thracides joannisii
______
JOANNIS' SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to Ecuador)
- Thracides arcalaus
______
YELLOW-SPOTTED RUBY-EYE
(Range: southern Mexico to the Amazon basin)
Genus AIDES: SILVERPATCHES
- Aides duma argyrina
(or epitus) ______ (species described in 1970)
DUMA SILVERPATCH
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil)
- Aides brilla
______ (MCA:250) (species described in 1970)
BRILLIANT SILVERPATCH
(Range: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)
- Aides dysoni ______
(MCA:250)
DYSON'S SILVERPATCH
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Aides brino ______
BRINO SILVERPATCH
(Range: Honduras, Colombia to northern Brazil)
- Aides aegita ______
AEGITA SILVERPATCH
(Range: Panama to Bolivia and Brazil)
- Aides ocrinus ______
OCRINUS SILVERPATCH
(Range: Panama, Colombia, French Guiana)
Genus NEOXENIADES
- Neoxeniades luda
______ (MCA:253)
LUDA SKIPPER (or Frosted Mimic-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Colombia)
- Neoxeniades pluviasilva
______ (species described in 2007)
PLUVIASILVA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua and Costa Rica)
- Neoxeniades seron seron
______
SERON SKIPPER
(Range: Honduras, Colombia)
Genus AROMA
- Aroma aroma ______
AROMA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil)
- Aroma henricus henricus
______
HENRICUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Peru)
Subfamily HESPERIINAE, Tribe THYMELICINI
Genus ANCYLOXYPHIA
- Ancyloxyphia arene ______
(AZ:277) (K:305) (MCA:211) (PE:text) (PW:40)
TROPICAL LEAST SKIPPER
(Range: southwest US to Costa Rica)
Genus COPAEODES: SKIPPERLINGS
- Copaeodes minimus ______ (AZ:277)
(K:305) (MCA:211) (PE:34)(PW:40)
SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING
(Range: southern US to Costa Rica)
- Copaeodes aurantiacus ______ (AZ:275)
(K:305) (MCA:211) (PE:34)(PW:40)
ORANGE SKIPPERLING
(Range: southwest US to Guatemala)
Subfamily
HESPERIINAE, Tribe MEGATHYMINI: GIANT-SKIPPERS
Genus AGATHYMUS
- Agathymus indecisa ______ (MCA:255)
GUATEMALAN GIANT-SKIPPER
(Range: Chiapas, Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Agathymus rethon ______ (MCA:254)
BLACK GIANT-SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to El Salvador)
Subfamily HESPERIINAE,
Tribe HESPERIINI
Genus DECINAE
-
Decinea decinea derisor ______
HUASTECAN SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to the Amazon basin)
- Decinea lucifer
______ (MCA:228)
LUCIFER SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Decinea percosius ______ (K:311)
(MCA:228) (PE:34)
DOUBLE-DOTTED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Guyana, periodically far-southern Texas)
- Decinea zapota
______ (MCA:228)
ZAPOTA
SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala)
Genus CONGA
- Conga chydaea ______ (K:311)
(MCA:228)
(PE:text)
HIDDEN-RAY SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, rare stray to far-southern Texas)
Genus ORTHOS
- Orthos orthos orthos
______
ORTHOS SKIPPER
(Range: Panama, Trinidad, Peru)
- Orthos gabina
______ (MCA:228)
GABINA SKIPPER
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Orthos lycortas
______ (MCA:228)
LYCORTAS SKIPPER (or
Blotchy Skipper)
(Range: eastern Mexico, Belize)
Genus CYNEA
- Cynea anthracinus
______ (MCA:229)
Cynea anthracinus anthracinus ______ subspecies southern Mexico, Guatemala
Cynea anthracinus holomelas ______ subspecies Costa Rica to Peru, the Guianas
ANTHRACINUS SKIPPER
(or Two-toned
Cynea)
- Cynea corope
______ (MCA:229)
COROPE SKIPPER
(or Tufted Cynea)
(Range: Belize, Nicaragua)
- Cynea cynea
______ (MCA:229)
CYNEA SKIPPER (or
Hewitson's Cynea)
(Range: southern Mexico to Brazil)
- Cynea diluta
______ (MCA:229)
DILUTED SKIPPER (or
Chocolate Cynea)
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
-
Cynea irma ______ (MCA:229)
FOGGED CYNEA
(Range: eastern Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Cynea megalops (or Papias nigrans)
______ (MCA:229)
MEGALOPS SKIPPER (or
Lesser Cynea)
(Range: Mexico to western Ecuador)
- Cynea corisana ______
CORISANA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua to Venezuela)
- Cynea popla
______ (species described in 1955)
POPLA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama to southern Brazil, Trinidad)
Genus SUCOVA
- Sucova sucova (or Cynea
fista)
______ (MCA:229)
SUCOVA SKIPPER (or
Yellow-legged Cynea)
(Range: southern Mexico to southern Brazil)
Genus HYLEPHILA
- Hylephila phyleus (or Hylephila
muertovalle) (ph) ______
(AZ:279) (K:303) (MCA:230) (PE:35)(PW:40)
Hylephila phyleus phyleus ______ (BMCR:95)
FIERY SKIPPER
(Range: southern US to Argentina, wanders north in the US)

Fiery Skipper
(photo by Rise Hill)
Genus POLITES
- Polites subreticulata
______ (MCA:232)
SUBRETICULATE SKIPPER (or Reticulated Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Polites vibex praeceps ______ (K:303)
(MCA:230) (PE:35)(PW:41)
WHIRLABOUT
(Range: southeast US to Trinidad, Venezuela, Ecuador, also
another subspecies in the West Indies)
Genus WALLENGRENIA
- Wallengrenia otho otho ______
(K:327) (MCA:242) (PE:36)
Wallengrenia otho clavus (or Wallengrenia
curassavica) ______
SOUTHERN BROKEN DASH
(Range for
W. o. otho: southeast US and Mexico to Costa Rica)
(Range:for
W. o. clavus, the
PALE
SOUTHERN BROKEN
DASH: Mexico to Peru and northern
Brazil)
Genus POMPEIUS: GLASSYWINGS
- Pompeius pompelus
______ (MCA:242)
POMPEIUS SKIPPER (or Common Glassywing)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Pompeius dares ______ (MCA:230)
DARES SKIPPER (or Fiery Glassywing)
(Range: Mexico to southern Brazil)
- Pomeius amblyspila
______
AMBLYSPILA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua (possibly) and Colombia to Argentina
Genus ATALOPEDES
- Atalopedes campestris huron (ph) ______ (AZ:287)
(K:303) (MCA:231) (PE:37)(PW:42)
SACHEM
(Range for
A. c. huron: strays to the eastern US, also Mexico to Ecuador,
Venezuela, Brazil)

Sachem
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Genus POANES
- Poanes zabulon
______ (BMCR:96) (MCA:235)
ZABULON SKIPPER
(Range: parts of the US, and from Mexico to Panama)
- Poanes inimica ______
(MCA:235)
YELLOW-STAINED SKIPPER (or Inimical Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
- Poanes niveolimbus ______ (MCA:237)
SNOW-FRINGED SKIPPER (or Cloud-forest Poan)
(Range: southern Mexico and Guatemala)
Genus PARATRYONE
- Paratryone browni ______ (species
described in 1959)
BROWN'S SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
Genus NEOCHIODES
- Neochiodes maculosus ______ (species described in 2001)
MACULOSUS SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica, at Cerro Echandi, 7200 feet, in Puntarenas)
Genus ONESPA
- Onespa nubis ______ (MCA:234)
(species
described in 1974)
NUBIS SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to El Salvador)
- Onespa nakamura ______ (species
described in 2009)
NAKAMURA'S SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica, San Jose)
Genus BUZYGES
- Buzyges idothea ______
(MCA:210)
IDOTHEA SKIPPER (or Yellow-clubbed Skipper)
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Buzyges rolla ______
ROLLA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica and Panama)
- Buzyges mellanaformis ______ (species described in 2009)
MELLANA-LIKE SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica)
Genus LIBRITA
- Librita librita ______ (MCA:242)
LIBRITA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico and Guatemala)
Genus NEPOSA
- Neposa isabelae ______ (species
described in 2009)
ISABEL'S SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala)
Genus ANATRYTONE
- Anatrytone mazai ______ (MCA:241) (species
described in 1969)
DE LA MAZA'S SKIPPER (or Glowing Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Anatrytone potosiensis ______ (MCA:241)
(species described in 1969)
POTOSI SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Honduras)
- Anatrytone mella ______
(MCA:241)
MELLA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Peru)
Genus QUASIMELLANA: MELLANAS
- Quasimellana mexicana
______ (MCA:238)
MEXICAN MELLANA (or Large Mellana)
(Range: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala)
- Quasimellana eulogius ______ (MCA:238)
(PE:37)
COMMON MELLANA
(Range: north Mexico to Brazil, periodically strays to far-south
Texas)
- Quasimellana balsa ______ (MCA:239)
SULLIED MELLANA (or Blushing Mellana)
(Range western Mexico to El Salvador)
- Quasimellana aurora ______
(MCA:239)
BRIGHT MELLANA
(Range: western Mexico to El Salvador)
- Quasimellana nayana ______
(MCA:239)
NAYARIT MELLANA (or Bordered Mellana)
(Range: western Mexico to Costa Rica, Venezuela)
- Quasimellana antipazina ______
(species described in 1994)
COSTA RICAN MELLANA
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Quasimellana andersoni ______
(MCA:240)
(species described in 1994)
ANDERSON'S MELLANA (or Small Mellana)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Quasimellana sethos ______
SMALL MELLANA
(Range: possibly Nicaragua, Panama to Ecuador, possibly Venezuela)
- Quasimellana myron ______ (MCA:240)
GREENISH MELLANA (or Blue Mellana)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Quasimellana servilius (or Quasimellana
verba) ______ (MCA:240)
GREEN MELLANA (or Swarthy Mellana)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela and Brazil)
- Quasimellana fieldi ______
(MCA:238)
FIELD'S MELLANA (or Guatemalan Mellana)
(Range: eastern Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus EUPHYES: SEDGE-SKIPPERS
- Euphyes chamuli ______
(MCA:243) (species
described in 1969)
CHAMUL SKIPPER (or Chiapas Sedge-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico and Guatemala)
- Euphyes peneia ______
(MCA:243)
GUARDPOST SKIPPER (or Guardpost Sedge-Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil)
- Euphyes antra ______ (species
described in 1955)
ANTRA SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico to Peru)
- Euphyes ampa ______
(MCA:243) (species
described in 1955)
AMPA SKIPPER (or Ferruginous Sedge-Skipper)
(Range: southern Mexico to Nicaragua)
Genus METRONS
- Metron leucogaster leucogaster ______
WHITENED METRON
(Range: Panama and Colombia)
- Metron chrysogastra chrysogastra ______
(MCA:249)
ORANGE-HEADED METRON
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad)
- Metron zimra (or Metron fasiata)
______ (MCA:249)
OLIVE METRON
(Range: southern Mexico to Argentina)
Genus PHEMIADES
- Phemiades rufescens ______ (species described in 1993)
RUFOUS SKIPPER
(Range: southern Mexico and Costa Rica)
Genus MOLO
- Molo mango ______
MANGO SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to central Brazil)
- Molo muzo ______ (species
described in 1955)
MUZO SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
- Molo calcarea ponda ______ (subspecies described in 1955)
PONDA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Colombia)
Genus RACTA
- Racta apella apella ______
APELLA SKIPPER
(Range: Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Genus QUINTA
- Quinta cannae ______ (MCA:235)
CANNA SKIPPER (or Mimic Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
Genus ATRYTONOPSIS
- Atrytonopsis ovinia (or Atrytonopsis
zaovinia) ______
OVINIA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Costa Rica)
Genus TIRYNTHIA
- Tirynthia conflua ______
CONFLUA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
Genus NYCTELIUS
- Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius ______
VIOLET-BANDED SKIPPER (or Nyctelius Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina, also West Indies)
Genus THESPIEUS
- Thespieus daiman ______
CHALK-MARKED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Thespieus macareus ______
CHESTNUT-MARKED SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
- Thespieus aspernatus ______
ASPERNATUS SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Paraguay, southern Brazil)
- Thespieus othna tinka ______ (subspecies described in 1955)
OTHNA SKIPPER
(Range: Panama and Colombia)
Genus VACERRA
- Vacerra litana ______
LITANA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to the Guianas)
- Vacerra egla ______
EGLA SKIPPER
(Range: Nicaragua, Panama)
- Vacerra gayra ______
(MCA:251)
GAYRA SKIPPER (or Guatemalan Therra)
(Range: Mexico and Belize)
- Vacerra lachares ______ (MCA:251)
LACHARES SKIPPER (or Godman's Therra)
(Range: Costa Rica)
- Vacerra cervara ______ (MCA:251)
CERVARA SKIPPER (or Steinhauser's Therra)
(Range: Mexico to Panama)
- Vacerra caniola caniola ______
CANIOLA SKIPPER
(Range: Guatemala to Venezuela)
Genus LINDRA
- Lindra brasus brasus ______ (subspecies described in 1968)
BRASUS SKIPPER
(Range: Belize, Brazil)
Genus OXYNTHES
- Oxynthes corusca ______
CORUSCA SKIPPER
(Range: Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil)
Genus XENIADES
- Xeniades orchamus orchamus
______ (MCA:249)
SMEAR-SPOTTED SKIPPER (or Aladdin's Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Argentina)
- Xeniades chalestra pteras ______
(MCA:249)
BAND-SPOTTED SKIPPER (or Smiling Skipper)
(Range: Mexico to Venezuela)
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