Common Checkered-Skipperr

Pyrginae: Spread-wing Skippers Arctic Skipper Erichson's White Skipper Funereal Duskywing Propertius Duskywing Silver-spotted Skipper Two-banded Checkered-Skipper Types of Butterflies

With the exception of northern New England, southern Texas and some desert regions in the Southwest, the Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis) can be found throughout the United States.

It's a small skipper, and the picture shows the basic field identification marks, blue hair on the body and the small white dots along the wing borders.

The caterpillars feed on plants in the mallow family.

© 2008 Patricia A. Michaels