BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
HESPEROIDEA
(skippers)
Hesperoidea
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Hesperoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

HESPEROIDEA (skippers)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #refs
Family HESPERIIDAE (skippers) 6    
Species Erynnis tages Linnaeus, 1758 (Dingy Skipper)   5  
Species Hesperia comma L., 1758 (Silver-spotted Skipper)     4
Species Ochlodes venata (Large Skipper) 1 15  
Species Pyrgus malvae Linnaeus (Grizzled Skipper)   6  
Genus Thymelicus (a genus of skipper butterflies) 2 13 1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

UK Butterflies: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk UK Butterflies
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1989 Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae (the butterflies) (vol 7(1))
Stokoe, W.J. The Observer's Book of Butterflies

Caterpillars

Carter, D.J., 1979 The Observer's Book of Caterpillars

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 general literature references to HESPEROIDEA (skippers)

HESPEROIDEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
Macrolepidoptera (via Hesperoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 feeding and other relationships of HESPEROIDEA (skippers)

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