page_title: List of butterflies of North America (Hesperiidae)
section_title: Subfamily Pyrginae: spread-wing skippers
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of North America (Hesperiidae) / Subfamily Pyrginae: spread-wing skippers
caption_attribution_description: English: Common Checkered-skipper (Pyrgus communis)
context_page_description: Dull firetip, Pyrrhopyge araxes
context_section_description: Mangrove skipper, Phocides pigmalion
  Guava skipper, Phocides palemon
  Beautiful beamer, Phocides belus
  Teal beamer, Phocides urania
  Mercurial skipper, Proteides mercurius
  Zestos skipper, Epargyreus zestos
  Silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus
  Broken silverdrop, Epargyreus exadeus
  Pepper-spotted silverdrop, Epargyreus socus orizaba
  Weak-frosted silverdrop, Epargyreus spinosa
  Hammock skipper, Polygonus leo
  Manuel's skipper, Polygonus manueli
  White-striped longtail, Chioides catillus
  Zilpa longtail, Chioides zilpa
  Golden-spotted aguna, Aguna asander
  Emerald aguna, Aguna claxon
  Tailed aguna, Aguna metophis
  Mottled longtail, Typhedanus undulatus
  Mexican longtail, Polythrix mexicana
  Eight-spotted longtail, Polythrix octomaculata
  Short-tailed skipper, Zestusa dorus
  White-crescent longtail, Codatractus alcaeus
  Arizona skipper, Codatractus arizonensis
  Valeriana skipper, Codatractus mysie
  Long-tailed skipper, Urbanus proteus
  Pronus longtail, Urbanus pronus
  Esmeralda longtail, Urbanus esmeraldus
  Turquoise longtail, Urbanus evona
  Cobalt longtail, Urbanus viterboana
  Double-striped longtail, Urbanus belli
  Dorantes longtail, Urbanus dorantes
  Teleus longtail, Urbanus teleus
  Tanna longtail, Urbanus tanna
  Plain longtail, Urbanus simplicius
  Brown longtail, Urbanus procne
  White-tailed longtail, Urbanus doryssus
  Two-barred flasher, Astraptes fulgerator
  Small-spotted flasher, Astraptes egregius
  Frosted flasher, Astraptes alardus
  Gilbert's flasher, Astraptes gilberti
  Yellow-tipped flasher, Astraptes anaphus
  Golden banded-skipper, Autochton cellus
  Sonoran banded-skipper, Autochton pseudocellus
  Sierra Madre banded-skipper, Autochton siermadror
  Chisos banded skipper, Autochton cincta
  Spiky banded-skipper, Autochton neis
  Hoary edge, Achalarus lyciades
  Desert cloudywing, Achalarus casica
  Dark cloudywing, Achalarus tehuanaca
  Skinner's cloudywing, Achalarus albociliatus
  Coyote cloudywing, Achalarus toxeus
  Jalapus cloudywing, Achalarus jalapus
  Southern cloudywing, Thorybes bathyllus
  Northern cloudywing, Thorybes pylades
  Western cloudywing, Thorybes diversus
  Mexican cloudywing, Thorybes mexicana
  Confused cloudywing, Thorybes confusis
  Drusius cloudywing, Thorybes drusius
  Potrillo skipper, Cabares potrillo
  Common scarlet-eye, Nascus phocus
  Fritzgaertner's flat, Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri
  Stallings's flat, Celaenorrhinus stallingsi
  Falcate skipper, Spathilepia
  Mimosa skipper, Cogia calchas
  Acacia skipper, Cogia hippalus
  Outis skipper, Cogia outis
  Gold-costa skipper, Cogia caicus
  Starred skipper, Arteurotia tractipennis
  Brown enops, Polyctor enops
  Purplish-black skipper, Nisoniades rubescens
  Glazed pellicia, Pellicia arina
  Morning glory pellicia, Pellicia dimidiata
  White-haired skipper, Noctuana lactifera bipuncta
  Mottled bolla, Bolla clytius
  Rounded bolla, Bolla imbras
  Obscure bolla, Bolla brennus
  Mauve bolla, Bolla eusebius
  Golden-headed scallopwing, Staphylus ceos
  Mazans scallopwing, Staphylus mazans
  Hayhurst's scallopwing, Staphylus hayhurstii
  Aztec scallopwing, Staphylus azteca
  Variegated skipper, Gorgythion begga
  Blue-studded skipper, Sostrata bifasciata
  Dingy mylon, Mylon pelopidas
  Hoary skipper, Carrhenes canescens
  Black-spotted hoary-skipper, Carrhenes fuscescens
  Northern clipper, Milanion clito
  Glassy-winged skipper, Xenophanes tryxus
  Dusted spurwing, Antigonus erosus
  White spurwing, Antigonus emorsus
  Red-studded skipper, Noctuana stator
  Texas powdered-skipper, Systasea pulverulenta
  Arizona powdered-skipper, Systasea zampa
  Sickle-winged skipper, Achylodes thraso
  Pale sicklewing, Achlyodes pallida
  Hermit skipper, Grais stigmatica
  Brown-banded skipper, Timochares ruptifasciatus
  Common bluevent, Anastrus sempiternus
  Common bentwing, Ebrietas anacreon
  White-patched skipper, Chiomara asychis
  False duskywing, Gesta gesta
  Florida duskywing, Erynnis brunneus
  Dreamy duskywing, Erynnis icelus
  Sleepy duskywing, Erynnis brizo
  Juvenal's duskywing, Erynnis juvenalis
  Arizona Juvenal's duskywing, Erynnis juvenalis clitus
  Rocky Mountain duskywing, Erynnis telemachus
  Propertius duskywing, Erynnis propertius
  Meridian duskywing, Erynnis meridianus
  Scudder's du
caption: Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis
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