Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Burnsius oileus

Spanish: Saltarina de tablero tropical

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Burnsius oileus, the tropical checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found from Peninsular Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. It was transferred to genus Burnsius in 2019, and was previously known as Pyrgus oileus.

TaxonomyInsecta › Lepidoptera › Hesperiidae
Local records41 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records15,565 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2024 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius oileus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/burnsius-oileus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.