Little Glassywing Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Pompeius
Species: Verna
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Skipper Butterflies
Page Last Updated: December 3 2020
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
European Skipper - wingspan approx. 2.5 cm
Genus: Thymelicus
Species: Lineola
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
14 species
Hobomok Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Poanes
Species: Hobomok
Updated February 12 2017
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Northern Cloudywing Skipper - wingspan approx. 4 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Thorybes
Species: Pylades
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Updated August 7 2011
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Wild Indigo Duskywing (male?) - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Erynnis (Duskywings)
Species: Baptisiae
Updated October 5 2015
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Least Skipper - wingspan approx. 2.5 cm
Genus: Ancyloxypha
Species: Numitor
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Updated August 7 2011
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Least Skipper has more rounded wings and more
prominent dark borders compared to the European Skipper
(see above)
Native to Europe
Updated May 10 2019
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Silver-spotted Skipper - wingspan approx. 4.5 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Epargyreus
Species: Clarus
Updated October 10 2020
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Peck's Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Polites
Species: Peckius (also Coras)
Updated February 12 2017
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Also known as Yellowpatch Skipper
Fiery Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Hylephila
Species: Phyleus
Updated December 24 2015
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Silver-spotted Skipper - wingspan approx. 4.5 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Epargyreus
Species: Clarus
Updated October 10 2020
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Dun Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Euphyes
Species: Vestris
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Dun Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm - High Park - July 2013
European Skipper on Dog-strangling Vine - wingspan approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2009
Least Skipper - wingspan approx. 2.5 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2011
Hobomok Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm - High Park - May 2009
Fiery Skipper on Cup Plant - wingspan approx. 3 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2012
Peck's Skipper on Red Clover - wingspan approx. 3 cm - Scarborough (Agincourt) - June 2011
Silver-spotted Skipper - wingspan approx. 4.5 cm - HIgh Park - July 2013
Wild Indigo Duskywing (male?) - wingspan approx. 3 cm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - August 2007
Wild Indigo Duskywing (female) - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Erynnis (Duskywings)
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Female is similar to female Horace's Duskywing (E.
horatius), a rare migrant to Ontario
Wild Indigo Duskywing (female) - wingspan approx. 3 cm - East Don Valley (Moccasin Trail Park) - October 2015
Updated October 5 2015
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Species: Baptisiae
Updated December 3 2020
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Updated May 19 2019
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Northern Cloudywing Skipper on Wild Lupine - wingspan approx. 4 cm - High Park - July 2011
Silver-spotted Skipper - wingspan approx. 4.5 cm - Toronto Islands - June 2014
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Erynnis (Duskywings)
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Species: Icelus
Dreamy Duskywing - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Dreamy Duskywing - wingspan approx. 3 cm - York Regional Forest (Zephyr Tract) - May 2016
Juvenal's Duskywing (worn) - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Erynnis (Duskywings)
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Updated October 12 2018
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Species: Juvenalis
Juvenal's Duskywing (worn) on Dandelion - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm - Rouge Park (Twyn Rivers) - June 2018
Silver-spotted Skipper larva - approx. 4 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Epargyreus
Species: Clarus
Updated October 10 2020
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Silver-spotted Skipper larva - approx. 4 cm - HIgh Park - August 2018
Tawny-edged Skipper - wingspan 2 to 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Polites
Species: Themistocles
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Updated December 14 2018
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Tawny-edged Skipper - wingspan 2 to 3 cm - Guildwood Beach - June 2016
Delaware Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Genus: Anatrytone
Species: Logan
Updated May 7 2019
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Delaware Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm - High Park - July 2018
Little Glassywing Skipper - wingspan approx. 3 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2017