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Skipper - Hesperia
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

Skipper - Hesperia
5700 feet at the Mountain Haus terminal, Silver Mountain, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
August 16, 2008
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 21 August, 2008 - 9:23am
Last updated 24 August, 2008 - 2:41pm

Harpalus Skipper?
I found a similar one in Peterson's Field Guide to Western Butterflies that is Hesperia comma harpalus. Formerly known as the Idaho Skipper, Hesperia idaho.
… Lynette Schimming, 31 January, 2009 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting Skipper
Scott (1) lists H. c. harpalus for the Great Basin. See what you can find for H. c. manitoba which I think would be included in Shoshone and is described as "...greenish-brown on the unh..." etc. Taxonomy and therefore distribution may have changed. Good to see you haven't lost hope here in skipper wilderness.
… David Moll, 31 January, 2009 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
You're right
that one looks close, but now so does H. c. oregonia. What exactly is the Pacific slope?
… Lynette Schimming, 31 January, 2009 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Pacific Slope
Pacific slope usually refers to the western side of the Cascade, Coastal, and I think Sierra Nevada mountain ranges but I've seen it applied to S. American ranges too. Its a biologically distinct entity because of stark precipitation patterns. I don't think it should apply to the Rocky Mountains.
… David Moll, 31 January, 2009 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

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