Pyrgus sp.
Checkered Skipper Butterfly
Pyrgus sp.: Taxonomy | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Class: Insecta (true insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, and their caterpillars)
- Family: Hesperiidae (skippers)
- Genus: Pyrgus
- Species: Pyrgus sp.
- Common Names: Checkered Skipper Butterfly
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Pyrgus sp. - Pair of mating checkered skipper butterflies. The bluish-gray butterfly on the left is the male; the darker one on the right is the female.
Tallahassee, FL
August 30, 2003
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Pyrgus sp. - Male Checkered Skipper Butterfly (Pyrgus sp.) on Spanish Needles (Bidens alba).
Lake Lafayette / Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
October 21, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
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