male Atalopedes huron (Huron Sachem) !! (see notes) Hesperiidae (Skippers) » Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers) » Hesperiini » Hesperiina, swreg 05.24.2025 _Pst
swreg 05.24.2025
Species split.
Huron was formerly treated as subspecies huron under Atalopedes campestris, it has upgraded to full species status by Zhang et al. 2022.
Atalopedes campestris is now the western species, and AZ is the only state where both species are present. A. huron is now the more eastern species.
A. campestris range: Western North America, found in WA, ID, OR, NV, CA, north/central AZ, and Baja California. Arizona is the only location where the two sachem species overlap, however it seems Atalopedes huron is restricted to SE Arizona as far as that state goes.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 8 July, 2025
male Atalopedes huron (Huron Sachem) !! (see notes) Hesperiidae (Skippers) » Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers) » Hesperiini » Hesperiina, swreg 05.24.2025 _Pst
swreg 05.24.2025
Species split.
Huron was formerly treated as subspecies huron under Atalopedes campestris, it has upgraded to full species status by Zhang et al. 2022.
Atalopedes campestris is now the western species, and AZ is the only state where both species are present. A. huron is now the more eastern species.
A. campestris range: Western North America, found in WA, ID, OR, NV, CA, north/central AZ, and Baja California. Arizona is the only location where the two sachem species overlap, however it seems Atalopedes huron is restricted to SE Arizona as far as that state goes.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 8 July, 2025