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Guides

• Systasea

  Powdered-Skippers

  Systasea is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, established by Edwards in 1877 as a replacement for the preoccupied name Lintneria. The genus comprises three recognized species distributed in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Members are commonly known as Powdered-Skippers and are characterized by distinctive wing morphology including transparent spots on the forewing and deeply notched hindwing margins.

  skipperbutterflyLepidopteraHesperiidaePyrginaePowdered-SkipperdesertSouthwesttransparent-spotsnotched-hindwing