Attributes of Pyrgus scriptura
Small Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus scriptura (Boisduval, 1852)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification: Upperside is black-brown; forewing white spots are small; hindwing spots are few and submarginal row may be absent. Underside of forewing repeats upperside markings. Underside of hindwing is pale with barely contrasting markings. Male does not have a costal fold. White hindwing fringe is streaked with black only halfway to the edge of the fringe.
Wing Span: 3/4 - 1 inch (2 - 2.5 cm).
Life History: Males patrol and occasionally perch in swales and gullies in their search for receptive females. Eggs are deposited singly on leaves of the host plant. Caterpillars make a webbed leaf nest in which they live and feed.
Flight: One brood from July-August in the north, several broods from March-November in the southern part of the range.
Caterpillar Hosts: Alkali mallow (Sida hederacea), scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea), and desert globemallow (S. ambigua); all in the mallow family (Malvaceae).
Adult Food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Prairie, open woodland, alkaline marshes and fields.
Range: Montana and eastern Wyoming south through Colorado and New Mexico to Mexico; west through Utah, Nevada, and Arizona to southern California and Baja California Norte.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The map below displays all verified sighting records in the BAMONA database for this species. Each record is indicated with a yellow dot. The orange dots on the map provide access to information about the 400 most recently verified sightings of this species. In some instances, there are several records at the same location. Use the table view to access these records.
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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February 14, 2013 | philohela | Clark County, Nevada, United States | February 25, 2013 | Details |
| February 21, 1983 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 27, 1988 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| March 28, 1971 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| March 29, 1978 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 22, 1978 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 03, 1978 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 28, 1978 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 12, 2069 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 19, 1975 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 23, 1978 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 27, 1977 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 01, 1977 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 04, 1978 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 17, 2062 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 09, 2062 | legacy.reporter (J. F. Lesser) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 24, 2068 | legacy.reporter (J. Emmel-O Shields) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 12, 1977 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 30, 2063 | legacy.reporter (Kilian Roever) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| October 21, 2067 | legacy.reporter (John Lane) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 21, 1989 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | Mineral County, Nevada, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 17, 1984 | legacy.reporter (Oakley Shields) | Mohave County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| March 06, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Jim Brock) | Pima County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 15, 1999 | legacy.reporter (J. Vernon-R. Langston) | Gila County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 01, 2004 | John Saba (John Saba) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 20, 2005 | John Saba (John Saba) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 26, 2005 | John Saba (John Saba) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| November 02, 2005 | legacy.reporter (Bob Barber) | Pima County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 21, 2005 | legacy.reporter (Kilian Roever) | Coconino County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
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August 01, 2012 | rseidler | Taos County, New Mexico, United States | August 17, 2012 | Details |
| July 15, 1979 | legacy.reporter (George Balogh) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 17, 1980 | legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) | White Pine County, Nevada, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| April 01, 2011 | legacy.reporter (Ken Kertell) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
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October 28, 2006 | RaisingButterflies.org | Mohave County, Arizona, United States | November 28, 2011 | Details |
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October 27, 2007 | RaisingButterflies.org | Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | November 28, 2011 | Details |
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March 14, 2009 | RaisingButterflies.org | Washington County, Utah, United States | November 28, 2011 | Details |
| July 08, 2007 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Mohave County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 04, 1969 | legacy.reporter (Richard Funk) | Navajo County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 28, 1967 | legacy.reporter (Peter Herlan) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 24, 1968 | legacy.reporter (J. Emmel & Shields) | Clark County, Nevada, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| May 08, 1980 | legacy.reporter (unknown) | Yolo County, California, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| August 31, 1980 | legacy.reporter (unknown) | Yolo County, California, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| June 25, 1989 | legacy.reporter (J. Caldwell, R. Langston) | Santa Clara County, California, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| October 10, 1987 | legacy.reporter (John G. Pasko) | Imperial County, California, United States | April 02, 2010 | Details | |
| October 01, 1983 | legacy.reporter (Robert L. Langston) | Contra Costa County, California, United States | April 02, 2010 | Details | |
| July 25, 1978 | legacy.reporter (Robert L. Langston) | Alameda County, California, United States | March 09, 2010 | Details | |
| August 08, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Jeffrey Glassberg) | Sacramento County, California, United States | January 07, 2010 | Details | |
| November 15, 1976 | legacy.reporter (A. M. Shapiro) | Yolo County, California, United States | January 07, 2010 | Details | |
| August 08, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Jeffrey Glassberg) | Sacramento County, California, United States | January 07, 2010 | Details | |
| July 28, 1971 | legacy.reporter (F. T. Thorne) | San Diego County, California, United States | January 06, 2010 | Details |
