Species
Hesperia colorado (Western branded skipper)
Hesperia colorado. Photo: (c) Liam O’Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hesperia colorado, the western branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
- Subfamily: Hesperiinae (Grass skippers)
- Tribe: Hesperiini
- Subtribe: Hesperiina
- Genus: Hesperia (Branded skippers)
- Species: Hesperia colorado (Western branded skipper)
- Genus: Hesperia (Branded skippers)
- Subtribe: Hesperiina
- Tribe: Hesperiini
- Subfamily: Hesperiinae (Grass skippers)
- Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)