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Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Hodges#3973 (Heliopetes macaira)
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davedlj
White-Skipper, maybe Turk's Cap? -
Heliopetes macaira
Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
May 7, 2016
Suspect that the skipper image may be a Turk's Cap but could also be the very similar Laviana, both of them found in the same area of the Rio Grande in Texas.
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davedlj
on 18 December, 2016 - 10:51pm
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John S. Ascher
, 19 December, 2016 - 9:00am
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Turk's-cap White-Skipper, male
Male Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira). Note the whitish "finger" in the edge of the forewing, and it's missing the dark spots near the inner edge of the black border that would be there for laviana.
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Bill Dempwolf
, 19 December, 2016 - 6:21am
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Turk's Cap White-Skipper, male
The whitish "finger" or ray that Jeffrey Glassberg mentions in his Butterflies through Binoculars of the West is why I was leaning toward Turk's Cap and not Laviana, Bill. I also noted that the overall darkish color bordering the fore wings was more subdued in Turk's Cap than in Laviana. Thank you for confirming my ID, Bill.
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davedlj
, 19 December, 2016 - 11:16am
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