Silver-spotted skipper

(Hesperia comma)

Description

Hesperia comma,the silver-spotted skipper,is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.It is also known as the common branded skipper or Holarctic grass skipper in North America,where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus,a spread-winged skipper,also has the common name of "silver-spotted skipper".

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Hesperia
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