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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) » Tropical Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3968 (Burnsius oileus)
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Copyright © 2010 William Mahoney

"Checkered" White Butterfly - Burnsius oileus - Male
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Miami, Florida, USA
July 1, 2010
The Miami area appears to lack the presence of both the Common Checkered Skipper & the White Checkered- Skipper in Kaufman's regional maps.
Is there any way to tell the difference without capture/dissection?

If not,should I ID it as Common/White Checkered Skipper (Pygus spp.) ?

I believe this to be a male as it had just bred another!!
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Contributed by William Mahoney on 3 August, 2010 - 11:02am
Last updated 25 December, 2011 - 5:30am

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2010 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2010 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

Tropical
No need if this is a tropical checkered skipper. It seems to have a white spot past the cell-end spot which the albescens/communis lacks. The male P. oileus is larger with a bluish tinge to the base of the wings.
… Ray Simpson, 3 August, 2010 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Ray,

Now that you have pointed out the obvious... I see!
Wasn't expecting this uncommon find.

By the way, you can just see the end of the abdomen of the the other of the pair to the far left that was cropped away.

Thanks!
Bill
… William Mahoney, 4 August, 2010 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

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