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Zabulon Skipper - Hodges#4060 (Poanes zabulon)
Photo#555071
Copyright © 2011
Ken
Zabulon Skipper -
Poanes zabulon
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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
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Contributed by
Ken
on 31 July, 2011 - 8:14am
Last updated 27 August, 2011 - 7:46pm
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.
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Ken
, 31 July, 2011 - 10:15am
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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.
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Nina
, 31 July, 2011 - 11:36am
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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.
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Nina
, 31 July, 2011 - 11:40am
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Moved
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. Yes, a male.
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Corey Husic
, 31 July, 2011 - 10:03am
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Not Peck's
This is a Zabulon Skipper.
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Corey Husic
, 31 July, 2011 - 9:00am
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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?
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Nina
, 31 July, 2011 - 9:16am
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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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Nina
, 31 July, 2011 - 8:53am
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