Desert Checkered Skipper

Burnsius philetas

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Burnsius philetas, the desert checkered-skipper, formerly known as Pyrgus philetas, is a species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the southern United States (southern Arizona east to southern Texas, and to southern Mexico. Individuals are also found north to northern Arizona and northern Texas.

Distribution

Loading map…

Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) IDClaire, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionBurnsius philetas, Wikipedia contributors

Desert Checkered Skipper

More from the same family

Skinner's Cloudywing

Sunrise Skipper

Gold-spotted Aguna

Emerald Aguna

Tailed Aguna

Amblyscirtes fimbriata fimbriata

Tropical Least Skipper

Least Skipper