Hesperia meskei

Hesperia meskei, or Meske's skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Hesperia meskei
Hesperia meskei straton
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Hesperia
Species:	H. meskei
Binomial name
Hesperia meskei (W. H. Edwards, 1877)

The MONA or Hodges number for Hesperia meskei is 4030.[5]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Hesperia meskei:

• Hesperia meskei meskei (W. H. Edwards, 1877)
• Hesperia meskei pinocayo Gatrelle & Minno in Gatrelle, Minno & Grkovich, 2003
• Hesperia meskei straton (W. H. Edwards, 1881)

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia meskei Meske's Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
2. "Hesperia meskei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Hesperia meskei". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "Hesperia meskei species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Hesperia meskei". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.