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