GRASS SKIPPERS

GRASS SKIPPERS are mostly small brown or brown and orange, moth-like butterflies, but there are exceptions.  Most grass skippers land with their wings open in a characteristic way as many of the photographs depict.  These photographs of Yucatan grass skippers follow pages 205 to 255 of Jeffrey Glassberg's Butterflies of Mexico.  

Common Brown-Skipper, Callimormos saturnus  p. 213  uncommon.

perhaps Common Brown-Skipper-

Frosted Brown-Skipper, Mnasicles geta p. 214  uncommon  This one Cozumel-

Squiggly Brown-Skipper, Phanes aletos, QR form, p. 215  uncommon

"Yucatan" Remella, Remella remus   p. 216 uncommon-

I'm calling this "Yucatan" because it's significantly different from the Whitened and Narrow-banded Remella found in Glassberg.

Clouded Skipper, Lerema accius p. 217    widespread U.S. to South America and fairly common Yucatan.  This one SC-

perhaps worn Liris Skipper  p. 217-

Violet-patched Skipper, Monca tyrtaeus, p. 217, uncommon

Fawn-spotted Skipper, Cymaenes odilia  p. 218  uncommon

Yellow-washed Skipper, Tromba xanthura uncommon p. 223-

Fiery Skipper, Hylephia phyleus  p. 230  QR form, often most common Skipper, widespread North America, male then female-

This one SC-

Whirlabout, Polites vibex  p.230  SF, uncommon, female-

Sachem, Atalopedes campetris  p. 231  widespread North America and uncommon Yucatan.  Female Quite variable.

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Common Mellana, Quasimellana eulogius  p. 238  uncommon-

worn-

Common Glassywing, Pompeius pompeius  p. 242  fairly common-

worn-

Eufala Skipper, Lerodea eufala  p. 247  uncommon, this one Cozumel-

I'll tentatively call it Yucatan Silverspot  similar to p. 250 Silverspots, uncommon

Obscure Skipper, Panoquina errans  p. 248  uncommon-

Ocola Skipper, Panoquina ocola uncommon  p. 248-

Purple-washed Skipper, Panoquina sylvicola  248   fairly common south-

Hecebolus Skipper, Panoquina hecebolus  uncommon, p. 248-

Obscure Skipper, Panoquina errans  p. 248  QR

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