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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Crescents (Phyciodes) » Pearl Crescent - Hodges#4481 (Phyciodes tharos)
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Skipper? - Phyciodes tharos - male
Copyright © 2008 Rennie Talbert

Skipper? - Phyciodes tharos - Male
Greenbottom WMA, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
June 1, 2008
I keep wanting to think it is some kind of skipper, but I've gone through all of the pictures in my Kaufman's and nothing matches. The pictures was taken in late evening is a grassy area bewtween woods and a swamp.
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Contributed by Rennie Talbert on 26 June, 2008 - 7:47pm
Last updated 17 April, 2013 - 3:48pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… David J. Ferguson, 20 November, 2008 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Not a skipper
Ends of their antennae are sorta "scoopy" as opposed to clubbed for other butterflies. Check images here and you'll see what I mean.
… Ron Hemberger, 27 June, 2008 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

Looks like...
A worn pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
… Roger Rittmaster, 26 June, 2008 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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