''Hesperia meskei'', or Meske's 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 North America.
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The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hesperia meskei'' is 4030.][
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Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Hesperia meskei'':
* ''Hesperia meskei meskei'' (W. H. Edwards, 1877)
* ''Hesperia meskei pinocayo'' Gatrelle & Minno in Gatrelle, Minno & Grkovich, 2003
* ''Hesperia meskei straton'' (W. H. Edwards, 1881)
References
Further reading
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Hesperiinae
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Butterflies described in 1877
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