Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)

Tropical species that reaches the US Gulf coast from Texas to Florida and north to South Carolina. Below are examples from Peru, Texas, and Florida.


Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), male La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004	Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), female Sabal Palm, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004


Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), male Miami-Dade Co., FL 9 Aug 2003	Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), female Miami-Dade Co., FL 9 Aug 2003


Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), male Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia) 30 Sep 2003	Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), female El Paraiso 26 Sep 2003


Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), male Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008

Created on ... May 7, 2007 | Updated ... Jan 7, 2009 | jspippen@duke.edu