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title: "Peck's Skipper"
description: "Polites peckius — Insecten en spinnen. Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/peck-s-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peck's Skipper

> Polites peckius — Insecten en spinnen. Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).

- Scientific name: *Polites peckius*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 43729
- Wikidata: [Q7210158](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7210158)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133631](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133631)

## Names

- en: Peck's Skipper
- fr: Hespérie de Peck

## Countries with the most observations

US (33167), CA (6330)

## Summary

Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). This skipper ranges across Canada from British Columbia, as far north as Cartwright, Labrador; Moar Lake, Ontario; Leaf Rapids, Manitoba; and the Hay River area in Alberta. In the US, it ranges in most of the northern and central states, except on the west coast.

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

## Photo

![Peck's Skipper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peck-s-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Caitlin Domon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32921049

## Machine access

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