Category: Hesperiidae

  • Fiery Skipper

    Fiery Skipper

    Binomial: Hylephila phyleus Range: Found throughout California and in North and South America Host Plants: Various turfgrasses This button-sized butterfly is a fiery skipper probing for nectar on tiny yellow flowers. The one inch males have orange and yellow wings with black spots, hence the “fiery” name. The females, however, are a duller, yellowish-brown with…