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Zabulon Skipper - Poanes zabulon - male

Zabulon Skipper - Poanes zabulon - Male
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 29, 2011
Size: approx 16-18mm
Originally submitted as: Skipper
Thank you, Nina and Corey
Found in the underbrush at the edge of an open field in southeastern PA

Thank you ..
Corey for your ID, and Nina for your effort. I already have both a Zabulon and a Peck's, didn't see the resemblence to either, and thought I may have found something else.

 
is your other Zabulon a female?
When the wings are closed, the female and male Zabulon's markings are quite different. The females have mostly a brownish/purplish brown with a few lighter small spots, whereas the male has large creamy yellow patches.

 
the other is a male
I just looked through your images and found the other Zabulon specimen--it's a male with the wings open. The open wing view of a female would be a brown background with some small creamy white spots.

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Yes, a male.

Not Peck's
This is a Zabulon Skipper.

 
ah
I see... I should have gone 7 pages forward in my guide! Based on pix on pg 331, it's a male then, yes?

Peck's Skipper
this seems to be one of the variations of Polites peckius based on images in Brock & Kaufuman's Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, Pages 322 & 323.
Nina

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