Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Silver-spotted Skipper)

Hesperia comma (Silver-spotted Skipper) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hesperia comma (Silver-spotted Skipper) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHesperia comma (Silver-spotted Skipper)
SubfamilyHESPERIINAE (a subfamily of butterflies)
FamilyHESPERIIDAE (skippers)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hesperia comma (Silver-spotted Skipper)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Davis, S. 2004 Silver-spotted Skipper Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 383
Green, P. 2005 Silver-spotted skipper on scabious British Wildlife Vol 16, No 5: 358.
Hopkins, J. 2007 British Wildlife and Climate Change 2: Adapting to Climate Change British Wildlife Vol 18, No 6: 381-387.

Hesperia comma (Silver-spotted Skipper) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Thomas, C.D. et al 2001 Ecological and evolutionary processes at expanding range margins Nature 411: 577-581.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hesperia comma (Silver-spotted Skipper):

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