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Butterfly - Urbanus proteus

Butterfly - Urbanus proteus
Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
October 22, 2010

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
Images here.

 
Moth or Butterfly?
CW,

Is it a Moth or a Butterfly? The antenna looks to be a Butterfly but the body a Moth.

 
Butterfly.
Butterfly, specifically a skipper butterfly; which some consider the almost halfway between moth and butterfly. :P

 
Butterfly
I can see why. Thank you for the clarification!

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