---
title: "Tawny-edged Skipper"
description: "Polites themistocles — Owady i pająki. Polites themistocles, the tawny-edged skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/tawny-edged-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tawny-edged Skipper

> Polites themistocles — Owady i pająki. Polites themistocles, the tawny-edged skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Polites themistocles*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 15004
- Wikidata: [Q7210166](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7210166)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58506](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58506)

## Names

- en: Tawny-edged Skipper
- fr: Hespérie à tache costale

## Countries with the most observations

US (6496), CA (2991)

## Summary

Polites themistocles, the tawny-edged skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

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

## Photo

![Tawny-edged Skipper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tawny-edged-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Terri Koontz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182404513

## Machine access

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