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Photo#468119
longtailed skipper lacking long tails? - Urbanus proteus

longtailed skipper lacking long tails? - Urbanus proteus
Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 27, 2010

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I'm not familiar enough with Texas fauna...
... to give a definitive answer, but the "tails" of butterflies (and moths) can and do break off. This could easily be an Urbanus proteus with damaged wings.

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