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brown butterfly - Pyrgus albescens
Copyright © 2008 Gerardine Vargas

brown butterfly - Pyrgus albescens
tucson, pima County, Arizona, USA
November 5, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch
Perched on a chocolate flower. What kind of butterfly?
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Contributed by Gerardine Vargas on 5 November, 2008 - 2:04pm
Last updated 20 November, 2008 - 8:53am

Either
P. communis or P. albescens - supposedly not possible to tell apart except by dissection. Regardless, a beautiful image.
… Bob Beatson, 5 November, 2008 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
based on location
P. albescens is the more likely candidate.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 November, 2008 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Very nice photo -
of what I believe is one of the checkered skippers - probably P. communis?
… Ken Schneider, 5 November, 2008 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
....
White Checkered Skipper. I have seen these skippers this past summer.
… Teresa Nemeth, 7 November, 2008 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks everyone for the id.
Thanks everyone for the id.
… Gerardine Vargas, 7 November, 2008 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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