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title: "Clouded Skipper"
description: "Lerema accius — Insetti e ragni. Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/clouded-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Clouded Skipper

> Lerema accius — Insetti e ragni. Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Lerema accius*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 33435
- Wikidata: [Q740052](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740052)
- iNaturalist taxon: [142988](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142988)

## Names

- en: Clouded Skipper
- es: Saltarina nublada del sudeste

## Countries with the most observations

US (26156), MX (462), CO (8), CR (4), HN (4), BZ (3)

## Summary

Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. 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.
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.
The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: mefisher · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17006055

## Machine access

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