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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae) » Pyrgini » White-Skippers (Heliopetes) » Northern White-Skipper - Hodges#3971 (Heliopetes ericetorum)
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Northern White Skipper - Heliopetes ericetorum - Heliopetes ericetorum - female
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Northern White Skipper - Heliopetes ericetorum - Heliopetes ericetorum - Female
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
June 8, 2007

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Northern White Skipper ? - Heliopetes ericetorum - female Northern White Skipper - Heliopetes ericetorum - Heliopetes ericetorum - female Northern White Skipper ? - Heliopetes ericetorum - female
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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 4 December, 2007 - 10:02pm
Last updated 11 November, 2009 - 12:02pm

Moved
Moved from Checkered-Skippers.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 November, 2009 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

butterfly
I live in Surprise, AZ and I always thought these were checkered skippers but I'm no expert.
… Melissa, 4 December, 2007 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Melissa
It's just a best guess on my part from looking at Kaufman's Guide. Notice the underwing view pattern. I thnk it's a female Northern White Skipper. There appears to be quite a bit more white on the mid part of the upper wing than I see on the Checkered Skipper.
… Robert L. Pearson, 4 December, 2007 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
White skipper. The only species you have. And you have a group of Checker skips but they all have a different upper pattern than this.
… Herschel Raney, 5 December, 2007 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Herschel
I agree with Melinda, it;s hard to ID some of these......but that's why BugGuide.Net is so useful to us who aren't experts, but want to learn. Good website & Public Service.
… Robert L. Pearson, 5 December, 2007 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Its hard
Sometimes its hard, I tend to look at the wings on the inside. The markings tend to be better on the insides.
… Melissa, 4 December, 2007 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

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