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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Polites » Whirlabout - Hodges#4045 (Polites vibex)
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Swarthy Skipper - Polites vibex
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Swarthy Skipper - Polites vibex
Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
August 5, 2008
I found this in Home Depot's nursery section. I let butterflies and bugs pick out my plants. I haven't seen this skipper before but after 5 books and BugGuide, I'm thinking it's a swarthy Skipper.
UPDATE: Adds new species for Alabama
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 8 August, 2008 - 8:19am
Last updated 18 May, 2021 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Swarthy Skipper.
… Cliff Ivy, 18 May, 2021 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grass Skippers.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 December, 2008 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Robert, this looks like a Whirlabout Skipper female
Note the subapical spots on the ventral forewing and the lack of light veining.
… Cliff Ivy, 1 October, 2015 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Home Depot "Girl"
Hello, Mr.Zimlich, this is as my 8 year old is saying "way cool" he really likes the gator with the crab in it's mouth. Thank you for telling me about this site and what you do it is very interesting to me and my son. The Home Depot cashier "Kerry"
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