The Laguna Mountains skipper is a small, black and white checkered butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Eggs take 12–14 days to hatch and about seven weeks for larva to reach full adult maturity.

The Laguna Mountains skipper's population decline is credited mostly to habitat destruction.

Habitat destruction and degradation is primarily associated with urban and agricultural development as well as recreational activities.

Because the Laguna Mountains skipper has no known predators, changes in population size is a direct result of habitat manipulation or environmental stochasticity.

The Laguna Mountains skipper was listed a federal endangered subspecies on January 17, 1997.

January 2007 saw the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service designate a critical habitat for the Laguna Mountains skipper.