Checkered skipper

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Checkered skippers of chequered skippers are certain skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae), named for the checkerboard-like pattern on their wings:

  • the genus Carterocephalus of subfamily Heteropterinae, called "chequered skippers" mainly in Europe
  • the genus Pyrgus of subfamily Pyrginae, called "checkered skippers" or "chequered skippers" mainly outside Europe

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