Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus, Pyrgus oileus)

Tropical species that reaches the US Gulf coast from Texas to Florida and north to South Carolina. Below are examples from Peru, Texas, and Florida.

Formerly placed in the genus Pyrgus, which is how it appears in current field guides, recent taxonomic research supports placing it in the genus Burnsius.


Tropical Checkered-Skippers (Burnsius oileus), female on top
Collier Co., FL
25 Sep 2016

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Collier Co., FL
25 Sep 2016
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Collier Co., FL
25 Sep 2016

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Collier Co., FL
31 Dec 2008
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Collier Co., FL
10 Feb 2014

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Big Cypress NWR, Collier Co., FL
28 Sep 2016


Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Dan's place, Hidalgo Co., TX
2 May 2018
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Estero Llano Grande S.P., Hidalgo Co., TX
2 May 2018

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Brazoria Co., TX
25 Mar 2018

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Brazoria Co., TX
25 Mar 2018

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus), male
La Grulla, Starr Co., TX
17 Oct 2004
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus), female
Sabal Palm, Cameron Co., TX
18 Oct 2004

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus), male
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus), female
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus), male
Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia), Peru
30 Sep 2003
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus), female
El Paraiso, Peru
26 Sep 2003

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