What is "hesperia"

Hesperia may refer to:

• Hesperia, one of the Hesperides in Greek mythology
• Hesperia as "western land" is the ancient Greek name of Italy meaning the "land of the setting sun"
• Hesperia, also called Asterope, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of the river Cebren
• Hesperia (actress), Italian actress
• Hesperia, California, a city in the United States
• Hesperia, Michigan, a village in the United States
• 69 Hesperia, an asteroid
• Hesperia Planum, a region of Mars
• Hesperia (butterfly) (branded skippers), a genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae), a butterfly family
• Hesperia (journal), an academic journal of Classical archaeology
• Hesperian Foundation an NGO which publishes Health guides
• Hesperia Hotels, Spanish hotel chain owned by NH Hoteles group
• USS Hesperia (AKS-13), a general stores issue ship

Hesperia (the branded skippers) is a Holarctic genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. Most species are endemic to North America, Hesperia comma is widespread throughout the region. H. florinda is endemic to temperate eastern Asia. H. nabokovi is endemic to Hispaniola.

Presumably Fabricius named the genus for Hesperia, one of the Hesperides.

Hesperia species are:

• Hesperia assiniboia (Lyman, 1892) – Plains skipper
• Hesperia attalus (WH Edwards, 1871) – dotted skipper – south United States
  • Hesperia attalus attalus (WH Edwards, 1871)
  • Hesperia attalus nigrescens (Gatrelle, 1999) – dark dotted skipper
  • Hesperia attalus slossonae (Skinner, 1871) – Slosson's dotted skipper
• Hesperia caucasica Riabov, 1926 Caucasus
• Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874) – western branded skipper
  • Hesperia colorado colorado (Scudder, 1874)
  • Hesperia colorado mattoonorum (McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia colorado ochracea – ochre branded skipper
  • Hesperia colorado oregonia – Oregon branded skipper
  • Hesperia colorado oroplata
  • Hesperia colorado susanae – Susan's branded skipper
• Hesperia columbia (Scudder, 1872) – Columbian skipper – California to Southwest Oregon
• Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper
• Hesperia dacotae (Skinner, 1911) – Dakota skipper
• Hesperia florinda (Butler, 1878)
  • Hesperia florinda florinda (Butler, 1878) Transbaikalia, Korea, Amur, Ussuri, Japan
  • Hesperia florinda rozhkovi Kurentzov, 1970
• Hesperia juba (Scudder, 1872) – Juba skipper
• Hesperia leonardus (Harris, 1862) – Leonard's skipper
  • Hesperia leonardus leonardus (Harris, 1862) – (= stallingsi (HA Freeman, 1943) – morph)
  • Hesperia leonardus montana (Skinner, 1911) – mountain skipper
  • Hesperia leonardus pawnee (Dodge, 1874) – Pawnee skipper (= ogallala (Leussler, 1921))
• Hesperia lindseyi (Holland, 1930) – Lindsey's skipper – Southwest Oregon, California, Southwest Arizona
  • Hesperia lindseyi lindseyi (Holland, 1930)
  • Hesperia lindseyi eldorado (J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998)
  • Hesperia lindseyi macneilli (J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998)
  • Hesperia lindseyi septentrionalis (J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998)
• Hesperia meskei WH Edwards, 1877 – Meke's skipper, Dixie skipper – Texas to Florida
  • Hesperia meskei meskei WH Edwards, 1877
  • Hesperia meskei pinocayo (Gatrelle and Minno) – Rockland skipper
  • Hesperia meskei straton (WH Edwards, 1881) – Easter Meske's skipper
• Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863 – cobweb skipper
  • Hesperia metea metea (Scudder, 1864)
  • Hesperia metea intermedia (Gatrelle) – southern cobweb skipper
  • Hesperia metea licinus (Edwards, 1871) – Licinus cobweb skipper
• Hesperia miriamae MacNeill, 1959 – Sierra skipper – Inyo County, California
  • Hesperia miriamae miriamae MacNeill, 1959
  • Hesperia miriamae longaevicola (McGuire, 1998)
• Hesperia nabokovi (Bell & Comstock, 1948) Hispaniola
• Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874) – Nevada skipper
  • Hesperia nevada nevada (Scudder, 1874)
  • Hesperia nevada sierra Austin, J Emmel, T Emmel & Matoon, 1998 – western Nevada skipper
• Hesperia ottoe WH Edwards, 1866 – Ottoe skipper
• Hesperia pahaska Luessler, 1938 – Pahaska skipper
  • Hesperia pahaska pahaska Luessler, 1938
  • Hesperia pahaska martini (MacNeill, 1964) – Martin's skipper
  • Hesperia pahaska williamsi (Lindsey, 1938) – William's skipper
• Hesperia pawnee Dodge, 1874 Colorado
• Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 – Indian skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus sassacus Harris, 1862
  • Hesperia sassacus manitoboides (Fletcher, 1888) – northwestern Indian skipper
  • Hesperia sassacus nantahala (Gatrelle & Grkovich) – Carolina Indian skipper
• Hesperia uncas WH Edwards, 1863 – Uncas skipper
  • Hesperia uncas uncas WH Edwards, 1863 (= ridingsii (Reakirt, 1866))
  • Hesperia uncas fulvapella (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas gilberti MacNeill, 1964
  • Hesperia uncas giulianii (McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas grandiosa (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
  • Hesperia uncas lasus (WH Edwards, 1881)
  • Hesperia uncas macswaini MacNeill, 1964 – MacSwain's skipper
  • Hesperia uncas reeseorum (Austin & McGuire, 1998) – Reeses' Uncas skipper
  • Hesperia uncas terraclivosa (Austin & McGuire, 1998)
• Hesperia viridis (WH Edwards, 1883) – green skipper – Mexico, New Mexico
• Hesperia woodgatei (RC Williams, 1914) – Apache skipper – Arizona, New Mexico, South Texas, North Mexico

Hesperia is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. It was founded in 1932 for the publication of the work of the school. This is still the main aim of the journal today. It also accepts other submissions by scholars in the fields of Greek archaeology, art, epigraphy, history, and literature.

Hesperia (born Olga Mambelli; 9 July 1885 – 30 May 1959) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films and shorts from 1912 to 1938. She was married to the director Baldassarre Negroni.