"Little Skipper in a Sea of Color" Fiery Skipper Hylephilia Phyleus

The warm temperatures of spring through fall bring many butterflies to Southern California gardens. Common to our gardens are the small orange/gold, brown and black butterflies known collectively as the Skippers. The Skippers, in the family Hesperiidae, are best viewed as sisters to the rest of the butterflies. Their characteristics place them somewhere between the butterflies and moths. Fiery Skippers are native to Southern California and beyond. Their range is limited by cold winters, so the year-round range is limited to warmer areas like the Southern United States, Southern California, the West Indies and Central America south to Argentina and Chile. But they commonly stray further north (and to higher elevations), creating yearly colonies even as far north as northern California, the lower Mid-west and southern New England. They are very common in western Los Angeles County gardens, fields, parks and other grassy places. (Info from Mother Nature's Backyard)

 

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