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title: "Saltarina campestre Norteamericana"
description: "Atalopedes huron — Insectos y arañas. Atalopedes huron (commonly known as huron skipper or huron sachem) is a small grass skipper butterfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/huron-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Saltarina campestre Norteamericana

> Atalopedes huron — Insectos y arañas. Atalopedes huron (commonly known as huron skipper or huron sachem) is a small grass skipper butterfly.

- Scientific name: *Atalopedes huron*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Praderas y campos)
- iNaturalist observations: 84513
- Wikidata: [Q131233174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131233174)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1455248](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1455248)

## Names

- en: Huron Skipper
- es: Saltarina campestre Norteamericana

## Countries with the most observations

US (72703), MX (561), CA (64), CO (23), EC (14), CR (8), HN (4), NI (3)

## Summary

Atalopedes huron (commonly known as huron skipper or huron sachem) is a small grass skipper butterfly. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Atalopedes campestris, it was upgraded to full species status by Zhang et al. in 2022.

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

## Photo

![Saltarina campestre Norteamericana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/huron-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: M Sorensen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182710734

## Machine access

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