Hesperiidae
Skippers
Andrew V. Z. Brower and Andrew Warren


This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.

You can click on the root to travel down the Tree of Life all the way to the root of all Life, and you can click on the names of descendent subgroups to travel up the Tree of Life all the way to individual species.
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close boxDiscussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The hypothesis of relationships is based on the combined morphological/molecular cladistic analysis of Warren et al. (in prep.).
References
Ackery, P. R., R. de Jong, and R. I. Vane-Wright. 1999. The butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea, and Papilionoidea. Pages 264-300 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
Warren, A. D., J. Ogawa and A. V. Z. Brower. (in preparation). Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea).
Title Illustrations

Scientific Name | Hylephila phyleus |
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Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
ToL Image Use |
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Copyright |
© Bruce Marlin
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Scientific Name | Atarnes sallei |
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Location | El Naranjo, San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Orange-spotted Skipper |
Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
Copyright | © 2002 Will and Gill Carter |
Scientific Name | Pyrgus communis |
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Location | Mount Bruno, elevation 1300 feet (San Mateo County, California, USA) |
Comments | Checkered skipper butterfly |
Creator | Photograph by T. W. Davies |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source Collection | CalPhotos |
Copyright |
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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About This Page
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Andrew V. Z. Brower at and Andrew Warren at
Page copyright © 2003 and
- Content changed 19 April 2007
Citing this page:
Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Warren, Andrew. 2007. Hesperiidae http://tolweb.org/Hesperiidae/12028/2007.04.19 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
. Skippers. Version 19 April 2007 (under construction).