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#3128 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Clouded Skipper

Lerema accius

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Clouded Skipper, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Jeff O'Connell · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lerema accius , the clouded skipper , is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 34,913iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 34,913 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Clouded Skipper
scientific name
Lerema accius
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Hesperiidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
34,913
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Hesperiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 142988, Wikidata Q740052, GBIF 1950133, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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