YUCATAN PENINSULA SPEADWING SKIPPERS AND GRASS SKIPPERS

Skippers are mostly small to medium size, often brown or dark, moth-like butterflies. However, there are many exceptions with white, blue, and other colors and complex patterns. This part of the guide follows pages 146 to 255 of Jeffrey Glassberg's Butterflies of Mexico.

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Guava Skipper, Phocides polybius p. 149 uncommon

This photo by Rich Hoyer-

Broken Silverdrop, Epigyreus exadeus p. 152 uncommon southern QR

Mercurial Skipper, Proteides mercurius p. 153 uncommon-

Zilpa Longtail, Chioides zilpa p. 158

White-striped Longtail, Choides catillus p. 158

Below is the form found in the LRGV, Texas-

Emerald Aguna, Aguna metophis p.158- uncommon

Gold-spotted Aguna, Aguna asander p.158

Hammock Skipper, Polygonus leo, p. 159 fairly common

Long--tailed Flasher, Astraptes megalurus, see tail 2nd photo, uncommon, p. 160-

Two-barred Flasher, Astraptes fulgerator p. 162 from south Texas photo, hypothetical-

Short-tailed Flasher, Astraptes brevicauda p. 162 uncommon

Spikey-banded Skipper, Autochton neis p. 167 uncommon-

photo by Richard Hoyer-

Sharp-banded Skipper, Autochton zarex uncommon, p.167

Dark-spotted Polythris, Polythris asine, p.170, uncommon-

Several Urbanus Longtails occur in Yucatan Peninsula and are very similar: Brown, Plain, Tanna, and Teleus, so tentative IDs-

Brown Longtail, Urbanus procne p. 171 uncommon

Tanna Longtail, Urbanus tanna p. 171 uncommon

Plain Longtail, Urbanus simplicius p. 171

Dorantes Longtail, Urbanus dorantes p. 172, fairly common -

Long-tailed Skipper, Urbanus proteus p. 173 fairly common-

This one SC, but identical to QR-

Jalapus Cloudywing, Achalarus jalapus p. 176, uncommon

Elegant Flat, Celaenorrhinus stola, p. 178 spots in hind wing, beyond Glassberg range map

Potrillo Skipper, Cabares portrillo p.178 fairly common-

Guatelmalan Pelicia, Nisoniades rubescens p.181 uncommon

Worn example perhaps-

Falcate Skipper, Spathileepia clonius p. 178 fairly common

This beautiful photo by Rich Hoyer-

Purplish-black Skipper, Nisoniades rubescens p. 181, uncommon-

photo soon

Morning Glory Pellicia, Pellicia dimidiata, uncommon p.181

unidentified Pellicia species? p. 181 or ?

Red-studded skipper, Noctuana stator, female QR form p. 182

Mazans scallopwing, Staphylus mazans p. 186- uncommon, female then male

QR photo-

LRGV photo-

Brilliant Blue Skipper, Paches loxus p. 190 uncommon

male below. Female brown with frosty blue band.

Blue studded Skipper, Sostrata bifasciata p. 191 common Cozumel, fairly common elsewhere

Glassy-winged Skipper Xenophanes tryxus p. 194 common

photo by Richard Hoyer -

Unidentified Spreadwing Skipper-

Brown Enops? p. 195 or maybe Bolla species pp, 183-186 Uxmal, Yucatan

Dusted Spurwing, Antigonus erosus p. 196 uncommon

Aztec Bentwing, Cycloglypha tisias p. 199 uncommon

Variegated Skipper, Gorgythion begga p.200 fairly common

Slaty Skipper, Chiomara mithrax p. 200 uncommon-

photo by Ian Lawson-

White-patched Skipper, Chiomara asychis p. 200 uncommon

Unidentified Spreadwing Skipper

Common Bluevent, Anastrus sempiternus, p. 201, uncommon

photo by Richard Hoyer-

Brown-banded Skipper, Timochares ruptifasciata p.201 Cozumel

Checkered Skippers p. 202 very common. Tropical Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus oileus p. 202 and probably hypthetical Guatemalan Common Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus communis adepta p.202. They are too similar for me to separate.

male tropical-

female tropical-

worn-

not sure of next two, probably Tropical Checkered-

Veined White-Skipper, Heliopetes arsalte p.203 common-

Alana White Skipper, Heliopetes alana p.203 fairly common