Common Checkered-Skipper
Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.
Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page and the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.
Legend:
| Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches) Common name [link is to USGS] |
Occurrence level & flight period. | |
| Habitat. | Typically visits (for nectaring). | Larval host plants. |
| Common Checkered-Skipper (1–1.5″) Common Checkered-Skipper |
Common/Uncommon: E May-L Nov | Open, weedy areas | White clover | Mallows, hollyhocks | |
Really early!
May 13, 2013
Gorman Natural Resource Area
Linda Hunt
July 30, 2025
Folly Quarter Road
Annette Allor
August 6, 2025
Ellicott City
Kevin Heffernan
August 18, 2016
Jennings Chapel Road
Linda Hunt
October 2, 2010
West Friendship Park
Bonnie Ott
October 15, 2011
Centennial Park
Annette Allor
The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.
Early: 5/9/2017 Late: 11/21/2016