#3106 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Peck's Skipper

Polites peckius

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © W. John Powell · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
3. © Erik Danielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Craig Ontl · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Joe Sebastiani · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © molanic · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Mississauga, ON, Canada:© Terence Gui · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. United States:© Arlo Sitimans · CC BY 4.0
9. MARRIOTTSVL, MD 21104, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. 6203 Arkendale Rd, Alexandria, VA, US:© Ashley M Bradford · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Polites peckius , the Peck's skipper , is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). This skipper ranges across Canada from British Columbia, as far north as Cartwright, Labrador; Moar Lake, Ontario; Leaf Rapids, Manitoba; and the Hay River area in Alberta. In the US, it ranges in most of the northern and central states, except on the west coast.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 44,275iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
44,275 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Kirby in 1837 (189 years ago).