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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) » Moncini » Amblyscirtes » Pepper and Salt Skipper - Hodges#4096 (Amblyscirtes hegon)
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Some type of Skipper ? - Amblyscirtes hegon
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

Some type of Skipper ? - Amblyscirtes hegon
Wisconsin, USA
June 19, 2006
Not sure what this is, but I think it is a skipper of some sort
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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 20 June, 2006 - 1:13pm
Last updated 14 January, 2015 - 11:42pm

Pepper and Salt Skipper
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Hesperiinae/Amblyscirtes_hegon_Mt_Magazine_SP_Logan_Co_AR_USA_24-V-06_2_i.htm

Moved from Grass Skippers.
… Cliff Ivy, 14 January, 2015 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2006 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

Eufala Skipper
Eufala Skipper "Lerodea eufala"
… Julia Booth, 20 June, 2006 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Skippers are tricky
but I'm pretty sure you have two different species here, not one individual - the second is a spread-wing skipper such as Erynnis, which holds its wings flat instead of angled like this one. Just tag them and unlink if this is the case.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 June, 2006 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
You said it!
Skippers (or Skip-its, as I usually call them), are tough. Do you have other shots of this one that show the underside of the wings? Eufala is a southern species and only a rare stray to WI. I might start with Crossline (Polites origines) or Tawny-edged skippers (P. themistocles), the Pocohontas form of Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok), or perhaps a female Mulberry Wing (Poanes massasoit). Or you can just skip-it.

Good luck!
… Cliff Bernzweig, 20 June, 2006 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

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