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Skipper Butterfly

Description:

A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.[1]

Habitat:

On clover flower in field.

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2 Comments

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 12 years ago

Thanks Ashish! :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Skipper butterfly... I think currently...Skipper are everywhere..!!

SarahWhitt
Spotted by
SarahWhitt

Ohio

Spotted on Jun 12, 2011
Submitted on Jun 12, 2011

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