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Small Butterfly - Ochlodes sylvanoides
Copyright © 2011 Matt Bearup

Small Butterfly - Ochlodes sylvanoides
Selah, Yakima County, Washington, USA
August 8, 2011
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Contributed by Matt Bearup on 9 August, 2011 - 10:11am
Last updated 9 August, 2011 - 11:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2011 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

skipper
This is not a Tawny-edged Skipper, but rather a Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides).
… Corey Husic, 9 August, 2011 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

Re: Small Butterfly
Appears to be a Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles).
… MW Stoakes, 9 August, 2011 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
don't know
about what's on the west coast but out east I've never seen a T.E. with such distinctly marked (light spots) undersides of hind wings!

Is this a gradient of some sort?
… Steve Pelikan, 9 August, 2011 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

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