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Dark mottled butterfly on groundsel - Hesperopsis alpheus
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Dark mottled butterfly on groundsel - Hesperopsis alpheus
Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, Arizona, USA
May 18, 2018
Size: ~1" across
Mottled black and grey with a few white spots, slowly fluttering and landing on groundsel flowers. Perhaps a Duskywing?
Contributed by WingedChimera on 19 May, 2018 - 2:38pm
Last updated 20 May, 2018 - 11:37pm

Saltbush Sootywing
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 20 May, 2018 - 11:37pm

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