Family Hesperiidae

In Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull (VC38), the Hesperiidae family is represented by five (5) species. Known commonly as "skippers" because of their rapid, darting flight, these moth-like butterflies are split in to three sub-families, the Pyrginae represented by two species and Hesperiinae represented by three species. There are no representatives of the sub-family Heteropterinae resident in our region.

More information about their status is available by clicking on the species photos below.

The species numbers provided in Agassiz (2013) supersedes the numbering scheme orginally published in Bradley & Fletcher (1979).

Sub-Family Pyrginae

Sub-Family Hesperiinae