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title: "Silver-spotted Skipper"
description: "Epargyreus clarus — Insecten en spinnen. Epargyreus clarus, the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/silver-spotted-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Silver-spotted Skipper

> Epargyreus clarus — Insecten en spinnen. Epargyreus clarus, the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Epargyreus clarus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 108470
- Wikidata: [Q568157](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568157)
- iNaturalist taxon: [81559](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81559)

## Names

- en: Silver-spotted Skipper
- es: Saltarina gota de plata Norteña
- fr: Hespérie à taches argentées

## Countries with the most observations

US (97442), CA (8158), MX (33)

## Summary

Epargyreus clarus, the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America. E. clarus occurs in fields, gardens, and at forest edges and ranges from southern Canada throughout most of the United States to northern Mexico, but is absent in the Great Basin and western Texas.
E. clarus larvae create and reside in unique shelters stuck together with silk, which do not protect them from predators. Natural predators of the species include paper wasp foragers, sphecid wasp and Crematogaster opuntiae ants. The species is also considered to be a…

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

## Photo

![Silver-spotted Skipper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-spotted-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elin Pierce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81559

## Machine access

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