Skipper

“The Hesperidae or Skippers, so called from their jerky hesitating mode of flight, show, in the thickness of their bodies, the only partially erect way in which they hold their wings when at rest, and the enclosure of their pupa in a cacoon, a distinct approach to the other great division of the Lepidoptera.” — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893

Keywords

moth, Butterfly, wing, skipper, color, Wingspan, Hesperidae

Galleries

Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies

Source

The Encyclopedia Britannica, New Warner Edition (New York, NY: The Werner Company, 1893)

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