---
title: "Saltarina de la sombra"
description: "Lon melane — Insectos y arañas. Lon melane, also known as the umber skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/umber-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Saltarina de la sombra

> Lon melane — Insectos y arañas. Lon melane, also known as the umber skipper,  is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Lon melane*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18201
- Wikidata: [Q99308475](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99308475)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1081332](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1081332)

## Names

- en: Umber Skipper
- es: Saltarina de la sombra

## Countries with the most observations

US (16545), MX (8)

## Summary

Lon melane, also known as the umber skipper,  is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in California (west of the Sierra Nevada divide), southern Arizona, Baja California, the highlands of Mexico and Central America.

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

## Photo

![Saltarina de la sombra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/umber-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56591150

## Machine access

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