Summary ²

A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.

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1. (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/50307457@N08/7979322037
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperiidae

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• iNat taxon page
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