Chatham County, GA Skippers Hesperiidae |
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| There have been 44 species of skipper recorded in Chatham County. That includes three previously undocumented species added to the record in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The current initiative to locate, photograph and document species and recognized sub-species is: 27. On these pages there are images of: 27. The common names and listing order are those of the North American Butterfly Association, 8 September 2004. | |||
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Species |
Brief Annotations |
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Larva |
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Spread-wing Skippers |
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Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus |
21 March 2008,
Largo Road (TM) ü |
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Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus |
21 March 2008, Largo Road (TM) ü |
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Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes |
9 Sep 2007, Bamboo Gardens (RW) |
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Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis
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17 March 2006, Skidaway Island (RW) ü |
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Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius |
5 March 2008, Skidaway Island (RW) ü |
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Zarucco Duskywing Erynnis zarucco |
17 Feb 2008, SNWR (TM) ü |
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Common Checkered-skipper Pyrgus communis |
7 January 2008, Largo Road (TM) ü |
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Tropical Checkered-skipper Pyrgus oileus
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26 July 2005, Bethesda Farm (RW) ü |
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Grass Skippers |
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Clouded Skipper Lerema accius |
31 March 2008, Skidaway Island (FC) ü |
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Least Skipper Ancyloxphya numitor |
14
August 2007,
Skidaway Island ü |
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Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima |
17 May 2008,
SNWR (FC, TM) ü |
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Fiery Skipper Hylehila phyleus |
14 January 2007 - 31 December 2007 ü |
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Whirlabout Polites vibex |
11 May
2008, Skidaway Island
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Southern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia otho |
11 June
2008, Skidaway Island (FC) 2 September 2006, Skidaway Island ü |
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 Fitz Clarke |
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Little Glassywing Pompeius verna |
14 April
2007, Skidaway Island ü |
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Sachem Atalopedes campestris |
4 April
2008, Skidaway Island (FC) 21 June 2008, Bamboo Gardens ü |
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Byssus Skipper Problema byssus |
31 May 2008, SNWR (TM) |
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Rare Skipper Problema bulenta |
31 May 2008, SNWR (TM) 23 September 2007, SNWR (RW) |
 Tim Miller |
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Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon |
18 March
2008, Largo Road (TM) 16 July 2008, Skidaway Island ü |
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Broad-winged Skipper Poanes viator |
17 May 2008, SNWR (FC, TM) |
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Dion Skipper Euphyes dion |
28 August 2007, Bamboo Gardens |
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Dun Skipper Euphyes Vestris |
17 May 2008,
SNWR (FC, TM) ü |
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Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aesculapius |
12 August 2007, SNWR (RW) |
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Eufala Skipper Leroda eufala |
1
December 2007, Tybee Island (TM) ü |
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Twin-spotted Skipper Oligoria maculata |
17 May 2008,
SNWR (FC, TM) 19 June 2008, Skidaway Isl. St Park ü |
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Salt Marsh Skipper Panoquina panoguin |
1 April 2008, Skidaway
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Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola |
3
September 2006, Skidaway Island ü |
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| Contributors: Fitz Clarke (FC), Tim Miller (TM), Russ Wigh (RW) |
| Books |
| Butterflies of the East Coast, An Observers Guide, 2005. Cech, R and G Tudor, Princeton |
| Butterflies of Georgia, 2004. Daniels, Jaret C., Adventure Publications |
| Butterflies of North America, 2003. Brock and Kaufman., Houghton-Mifflin |
| Butterflies through Binoculars, The East, 1999. Glassberg, Jeffrey., Oxford University |
| John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide. 2000. Amphoto |
| Seaside Plants of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts, 1987. Duncan W., and M. Duncan, Smithsonian |
| Web sites |
| Bioquip - supplies for collecting |
| Georgia Butterflies - Jim Flynn's excellent state-wide site |
| Georgia Lepidoptera |
| MSU/Big Sky Institute (from NPWRS) - all butterflies and moths of North America and Mexico |
| North American Butterfly Association |
| Southern Lepidopterists Society |
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Last update: 21 May 2008
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