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title: "Dun Skipper"
description: "Euphyes vestris — Insects & spiders. Euphyes vestris, commonly referred to as the dun skipper, is a butterfly belonging to the Hesperiidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dun-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dun Skipper

> Euphyes vestris — Insects & spiders. Euphyes vestris, commonly referred to as the dun skipper, is a butterfly belonging to the Hesperiidae family.

- Scientific name: *Euphyes vestris*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 31984
- Wikidata: [Q15873893](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15873893)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58514](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58514)

## Names

- en: Dun Skipper
- fr: Hespérie rurale

## Countries with the most observations

US (15393), CA (7066), MX (19)

## Summary

Euphyes vestris, commonly referred to as the dun skipper, is a butterfly belonging to the Hesperiidae family. It appears as a brown, medium-sized butterfly found across the United States and southern Canada. Euphyes vestris inhabits multiple environments, including open fields, oak woodlands, and riparian wetlands. There are currently four recorded subspecies of Euphyes vestris, three of which have been identified across eatern, western, and mountainous regions of North America. These subspecies are E. v. metacomet, E. v. vestris, and E. v. kiowah. The fourth subspecies, Euphyes vestris harbisoni, known as the Harbison…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphyes_vestris

## Photo

![Dun Skipper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dun-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Karen McCabe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55816117

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dun-skipper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).