BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION  

 

Family Hesperiidae (the skippers), subfamily Pyrginae (spread-wing skippers)

Hayhurst’s scallopwing

Staphylus hayhurstii

 

 

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 2 May 2001

Photo by Francis Michael Stiteler

 

nectaring on Minuartia [Arenaria] uniflora

nectaring on Trifolium repens

granitic outcrop south of Snellville

Gwinnett County, 2 May 2001

pasture near Dobbins Mountain

Bartow County, 14 April 2012

Photos by Jim Allison