BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION  

 

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

tropical checkered-skipper

Pyrgus oileus

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel Road (County Road 133)

♀    Taylor County, 23 May 2006

Montpelier Station Road

♂     Bibb County, 14 October 2005

nectaring on Sida rhombifolia

Montezuma Bluffs State Natural Area

♂     Macon County, 2 July 2006

Photos by Rose Payne