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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Polites » Crossline Skipper - Hodges#4042 (Polites origenes)
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Crossline Skipper - Polites origenes - female
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Fiegle

Crossline Skipper - Polites origenes - Female
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA
September 21, 2011
This one has me stumped. I see similarities to Tawny-edged, Northern Broken-Dash, Dion, and Black Dash, but none of them seems quite right to me. I'd appreciate any thoughts, Thanks!

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Crossline Skipper - Polites origenes - female Crossline Skipper - Polites origenes - female Crossline Skipper - Polites origenes - female
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Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 25 September, 2011 - 10:05am
Last updated 8 September, 2017 - 9:23am

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… Kelly Fiegle, 26 September, 2011 - 5:11am login or register to post comments

Crossline skipper
It looks like a fading Crossline skipper(male). Some of the orange
on the upper wings has faded. You can see the extra yellow spot on
the upper wings(in the center) which makes it a Crossline and not
a Tawny edge. It shows this in the Butterflies through Binoculars
The East guide.
… Garyc, 25 September, 2011 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gary
This is my first Crossline sighting! Thanks so much for your id :)
… Kelly Fiegle, 26 September, 2011 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

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