Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

This guide provides a list of pollinator species found in the Sonoran Desert. We encourage you to look for these species in your own backyards and neighborhoods! Check out the Phoenix Zoo's iNatuarlist blog to learn more about the importance of pollinators in their ecosystems and what actions ...more ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Butterflies Superfamily Papilionoidea
- Skippers Family Hesperiidae
  - 3 Grass Skippers Subfamily Hesperiinae
  - 3 Spread-wing Skippers Subfamily Pyrginae

Common/White Checkered-Skipper Complex ¹
Burnsius communis

White Checkered-Skipper ²
Burnsius albescens

Desert Checkered-Skipper ³
Burnsius philetas

Orange Skipperling ⁴
Copaeodes aurantiaca

Fiery Skipper ⁵
Hylephila phyleus

Eufala Skipper ⁶
Lerodea eufala

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Photo Credits

1. (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Judy Gallagher
2. (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
3. (c) Chuck Sexton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chuck Sexton
4. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
5. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
6. (c) Rob Van Epps, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rob Van Epps

Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

Common/White Checkered-Skipper Complex 1 Burnsius communis

White Checkered-Skipper 2 Burnsius albescens

Desert Checkered-Skipper 3 Burnsius philetas

Orange Skipperling 4 Copaeodes aurantiaca

Fiery Skipper 5 Hylephila phyleus

Eufala Skipper 6 Lerodea eufala