Checkered skipper

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Checkered skipper, checkered-skipper, or chequered skipper may refer to a variety of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae:

  • Carterocephalus, a Holarctic genus of subfamily Heteropterinae that may be known as "chequered skippers" in Europe
  • Large chequered skipper, a Palearctic species
  • Pyrgus, a genus of subfamily Pyrginae, some species of which are known as "checkered" or "chequered skippers" in North America
    • Burnsius, a genus formerly included in Pyrgus that also includes many species known as "checkered skippers" in North America
  • Kedestes lepenula, an African species commonly known as just "chequered skipper"