Common Branded Skipper
Hesperia comma
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species is known as silver-spotted skipper in Europe and common branded skipper in North America where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus, a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "Silver-Spotted Skipper". Originally the species was known as the Pearl Skipper but as time went on the name Silver-Spotted Skipper began being ascribed to it more frequently.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Hesperia