Common Checkered-Skippers

Pyrgus communis

Common Checkered-Skipper Butterfly At Tishomingo NWR

By Mia McPherson|May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Common Checkered-Skipper, Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly, coneflowers, nectaring, orange wildflowers, Ratibida columnifera, red wildflowers, skipper, skippers, spring, Upright Prairie Coneflower, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I'm sharing this Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly photo I took two days ago at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. This was my last subject of the morning.

Common Checkered-Skipper On Flowering Asters

By Mia McPherson|October 15th, 2017|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Aster, Asters, butterflies, butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper, Common Checkered-Skipper, nectaring, purple wildflowers, Spread-winged Skippers|

This is a Common Checkered-Skipper and can be found in most of the U.S., some southern parts of Canada and northern Mexico.