Spread Winged Skipper Butterflies and their Host Plants

Superfamily Hesperioidea, family Hesperiidae: Skippers

These have broad, squared-off wings often held to the side when perched-hence, " spread-wings". Their colors tend toward grays, browns, and blacks here, and cloudy wings look very much like most people's idea of moths. But the first species listed is by far our most spectacular skipper in both coloration and size. Below are some of them and their host plants.

  • Confused Cloudywing  "Thorybes Confuses"
  • Dorantes Longtail   "Urbanus Dorantes"
  • Hayhurst's Scalloping  "Staphylus Hayhurstii"
  • Long Tailed Skipper  "Urbanus Proteus"
  • Mangrove Skipper  "Procides Pigmalion"
  • Northern Cloudywing  "Thorybes Pylades"
  • Silver Spotted Skipper  "Eparyreus Clarus"
  • Southern Cloudywing  "Thorybes Bathyllus"

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