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Butterfly - Brephidium pseudofea
Copyright © 2015 Jeff Weber

Butterfly - Brephidium pseudofea
Flamingo, Monroe County, Florida, USA
January 4, 2015
Size: 18 mm (wingspread)
This very small orange butterfly was photographed in a salt marsh the southern Everglades near the coast (Florida Bay). Sorry the pictures aren't better. Note the four small spots on the dorsal edge of the hindwing, and the seven spots on the ventral edge.

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Contributed by Jeff Weber on 7 January, 2015 - 2:14pm
Last updated 9 January, 2015 - 9:53am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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Eastern Pygmy?
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