Skippers

This room displays photos of skippers.
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Ditrysia - Hesperioidea

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Leoninus Skipper [1], Sujiguro Chabane Seseri or Thymelicus leoninus, probably. photo: 07/1999, Gunma, Japan.
 Pelopidas agna.or Togari Chabane Seseri, probably. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.
 Straight Swift [1][2], Ichimonji Seseri or Parnara guttata. photo: 08/2003, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2003, Fogg Dam, NT, Australia.
 A Duskywings [1], Miyama Seseri or Erynnis montanus. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan.

Daimio tethys [1], or Daimyo Seseri. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
 Autochton sp., probably. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Entheus sp. [1][2]. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
 Pythonides sp.. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Zanderij, Suriname.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Zanderij, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.

Helias phalaenoides. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Urbanus sp. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
 Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.
 Daimio tethys [2][3], or Daimyo Seseri. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
 Straight Swift [3][4][5], Ichimonji Seseri or Parnara guttata. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Orange Awlet, Tobiiro Seseri or Bibasis jaina formosana. photo: 06/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Common Banded Awl [1][2], Ryûkyû Biroodo Seseri or Hasora chromus. photo: 06/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Formosan Swift [1], Yuurei Seseri or Borbo cinnarra. photo: 06/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.

A Snow Flat, Shiroshita Seseri or Tagiades cohaerens. photo: 06/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Unidentified [1][2]. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. A Flat, Celaenorrhinus sp., possibly. photo: 06/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.

Ochlodes venatus [1][2][3(M)][4(F)], or Ko Kimadara Seseri. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan. A Dart [1][2], Kimadara Seseri or Potanthus flavum (flava?). photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan. Straight Swift [6], Ichimonji Seseri or Parnara guttata. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.

A Dart [3], Kimadara Seseri or Potanthus flavum (flava?). photo: 08/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Straight Swift [7], Ichimonji Seseri or Parnara guttata. photo: 09/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
 Small Branded Swift [1], Chabane Seseri or Pelopidas mathias oberthueri. photo: 11/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

A Millet Skipper, Miyama Chabane Seseri or Pelopidas jansonis. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. A Skipper [1], Ko Chabane Seseri or Thoressa varia. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. A Duskywings [2][3], Miyama Seseri or Erynnis montanus. photo: 05/2006, Oita, Japan.

Common Branded Awl [1][2], Okinawa Birôdo Seseri or Hasora chromus inermis. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. An unidentified Skipper, - or -. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. A Dart [1][2], Hime Kimadara Seseri or Ochlodes ochraceus. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan.

Daimio tethys [4], or Daimyo Seseri. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan. Fiery Skipper [1][2], or Hylephila phyleus. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i island, Hawaii. An unidentified Skipper, - or -. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.

An unidentified Skipper, - or -. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon. An unidentified Skipper [1][2][3], - or -. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon. An unidentified Skipper, - or -. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon.

An unidentified Skipper, - or -. photo: 08/2007, Lopé NP, Gabon. Formosan Swift [2], Yuurei Seseri or Borbo cinnarra. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. Daimio tethys moorei [5], or Daimyo Seseri. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.

Common Banded Awl [3], Ryûkyû Birôdo Seseri or Hasora chromus. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. A Palm Dart, Takeaka Seseri or Telicota ohara formosana. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Unidentified Skipper, - or -. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.

A Bush Hopper, Hosoba Kiboshi Seseri or Ampittia virgata. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Small Branded Swift [2], Chabane Seseri or Pelopidas mathias oberthueri. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. A Duskywings [4], Miyama Seseri or Erynnis montanus. photo: 05/2008, Tochigi, Japan.

Common Palm Dart, Nettai Aka Seseri or Telicota colon stinga. photo: 06/2008, Guanziling, Taiwan. White-banded Awl, Taiwan Birôdo Seseri or Hasora taminatus vairacana. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan. Formosan Swift [3], Yuurei Seseri or Borbo cinnara. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan.

A Skipper [5], Ochlodes venatus or Ko Kimadara Seseri. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. Small Branded Swift [3], Chabane Seseri or Pelopidas mathias oberthueri. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan. Leoninus Skipper [2], Sujiguro Chabane Seseri or Thymelicus leoninus, probably. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan.

A Skipper, Thymelicus sylvatus or Heriguro Chabane Seseri, probably. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan. A Skipper [2], Thoressa varia or Ko Chabane Seseri. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan. A Skipper, Isoteinon lamprospilus or Hosoba Seseri. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan.

Desert Cloudywing, Achalarus casica. photo: 08/2008, Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, USA. Common Sootywing, Pholisora catullus. photo:08/2008, San Pedro RCNA, Arizona, USA. Dull Firetip, Apyrrothrix araxes. photo: 08/2008, Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA.

Orange Skipperling, Copaeodes aurantiaca. photo: 08/2008, Sunglow Ranch, Arizona, USA. Golden-banded Skipper, Autochton cellus. photo: 09/2008, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona, USA. back to upper category


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