''Hesperia columbia'', the Columbian skipper, is a species of

grass skipper Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...

in the

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hesperia columbia'' is 4026.

References

Further reading