The following
species are recognised in the genus
Hesperia: •
Hesperia assiniboia (Lyman, 1892) – Plains skipper •
Hesperia attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871) – dotted skipper – south United States •
Hesperia caucasica Riabov, 1926 Caucasus •
Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874) – western branded skipper •
Hesperia columbia (Scudder, 1872) – Columbian skipper – California to Southwest Oregon •
Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper •
Hesperia dacotae (Skinner, 1911) – Dakota skipper •
Hesperia florinda (Butler, 1878) •
Hesperia juba (Scudder, 1872) – Juba skipper •
Hesperia leonardus (Harris, 1862) – Leonard's skipper •
Hesperia lindseyi (Holland, 1930) – Lindsey's skipper – Southwest Oregon, California, Southwest Arizona •
Hesperia meskei W. H. Edwards, 1877 – Meke's skipper, Dixie skipper – Texas to Florida •
Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863 – cobweb skipper •
Hesperia miriamae MacNeill, 1959 – Sierra skipper – Inyo County, California •
Hesperia nabokovi (Bell & Comstock, 1948) Hispaniola •
Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874) – Nevada skipper •
Hesperia ottoe W. H. Edwards, 1866 – Ottoe skipper •
Hesperia pahaska Luessler, 1938 – Pahaska skipper •
Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 – Indian skipper •
Hesperia uncas W. H. Edwards, 1863 – Uncas skipper •
Hesperia viridis (W. H. Edwards, 1883) – green skipper – Mexico, New Mexico •
Hesperia woodgatei (R. C. Williams, 1914) – Apache skipper – Arizona, New Mexico, South Texas, North Mexico
Former species Many species originally described in the genus
Hesperia have now been reclassified. For a list of selected former species see
List of former species in the genus Hesperia. ==References ==