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# White-Checkered Skipper
- URL: https://www.soul-riot.com/white-checkered-skipper-2/
- Published: 2026-09-11T03:45:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-12T14:33:13.000Z
- Description: Skippers look like moths, but they are actually butterflies.
- Author: Elena Corriero
- Tags: Photo, Butterflies

First close-ish encounter with what should be a White-Checkered Skipper. 

They have a stout body, and are generally quite small. Skippers are part of the large Hesperiidae family, and while they look like moths, they are actually butterflies. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050053-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050060-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050059-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050055-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050054-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050068-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050043-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050041-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/6f/eb6faa5c-5ec1-4a1f-9729-ab918987e2a2/content/images/2026/09/P9050040-1.jpeg)

Photos taken with OM 40-150mm