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title: "Kommavlinder"
description: "Hesperia comma — Insecten en spinnen. Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-branded-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Kommavlinder

> Hesperia comma — Insecten en spinnen. Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Hesperia comma*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 8196
- Wikidata: [Q630602](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q630602)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58468](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58468)

## Names

- en: Common Branded Skipper
- de: Komma-Dickkopffalter
- es: Dorada de Manchas Blancas
- fr: Virgule
- nl: Kommavlinder
- pl: Karłątek klinek

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1562), FR (1095), ES (898), AT (755), DE (450), CH (412), GB (223), CZ (161), RU (153), HU (116), SE (115), DK (111)

## Summary

Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species is known as silver-spotted skipper in Europe and common branded skipper in North America where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus, a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "Silver-Spotted Skipper". Originally the species was known as the Pearl Skipper but as time went on the name Silver-Spotted Skipper began being ascribed to it more frequently.  
There are numerous subspecies spread throughout the world in Asia, Europe, and North America. The species has at least 15 subspecies in North…

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

## Photo

![Kommavlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-branded-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305783894

## Machine access

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