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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 » New World Checkered-Skippers (Burnsius) » Common or White Checkered Skipper (Burnsius Common or White Checkered Skipper)

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Copyright © 2009 Brian Malow

Butterfly - Burnsius -

Austin, Texas, USA
October 18, 2009
Size: Small, approx. 1"

Found in Zilker Park, Austin, TX.

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Butterfly - Burnsius - female

Butterfly - Burnsius - female

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Contributed by Brian Malow on 26 October, 2009 - 2:14am
Last updated 21 September, 2011 - 1:02pm

Moved

Moved from Skippers.

… Charley Eiseman, 1 December, 2009 - 4:08pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 22 November, 2009 - 5:28am

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Common/White

It's either Common Checkered-skipper or White Checkered-skipper, but they're generally not considered distinguishable from each other in the field (as far as I know?). Kaufman guide says both fly at least most of the year. I ruled out Desert by range and Tropical by wing pattern. Pretty shot.

… John Schneider, 26 October, 2009 - 12:22pm

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I'm not making an ID

But it said the males of the White Checkered Skipper have complete black checks on the wing fringes typically which seems pretty consistent with this. Just a thought...

… Andrew Meeds, 26 October, 2009 - 4:20pm

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complete checks

I didn't know about that characteristic till you mentioned it. Thanks for the tip. It's mentioned on BOMONA, although the pictures of both species on that site show complete checks.

… John Schneider, 26 October, 2009 - 5:04pm

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Yeah...

Looking through some of our pictures here on bugguide, it seems the same way.

… Andrew Meeds, 26 October, 2009 - 5:06pm

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....

Looks like a Common Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus communis but wait for an expert.

… Sam Houston, 26 October, 2009 - 8:00am

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Suggestion

Do a map search for your county at butterfliesandmoths.org to see which Checkered-Skippers are there. With luck, it'll be just this one, or possibly two total. If the latter, check flight times and habitats to eliminate candidates.

… Ron Hemberger, 26 October, 2009 - 10:53am

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