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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae) » Erynnini » Duskywings (Erynnis) » Horace's Duskywing - Hodges#3952 (Erynnis horatius)

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Copyright © 2011 Gregg Lee

skipper on firewheel - Erynnis horatius -

Somervell County, Texas, USA
May 12, 2011
Size: 1.25 in wingspan as shown

flower is Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GAPU

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Contributed by Gregg Lee on 12 November, 2011 - 4:22pm
Last updated 25 December, 2011 - 8:06am

Definitely Erynnis

Telling species apart in Erynnis is often very challenging, but I'm inclined to agree that this is probably a male Horace's.

Moved from Skippers.

… David J. Ferguson, 25 December, 2011 - 6:12am

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Maury J. Heiman, 20 November, 2011 - 1:03pm

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Another Skipper

I believe you have a Northern Cloudy Wing, (Thorybes pylades).

… ChrisMenzel, 16 November, 2011 - 4:53pm

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.

I'm far from expert on which marks are important, but doesn't Northern Cloudy Wing have two sets of white marks near front edge of forewing rather than only one for Horace's?

… Gregg Lee, 20 November, 2011 - 2:25pm

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It looks to me

more like Horace's Duskywing, E. horatius.

… norman and cheryl lavers, 15 November, 2011 - 11:48am

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Horace's Duskywing

Thanks. Yes the less contrasty individuals on BugGuide images do look like it. And fringe matches better than my guess.

… Gregg Lee, 16 November, 2011 - 5:08pm

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Erynnis

This is a duskywing, genus Erynnis. They're not especially easy to tell apart, and I'm not familiar with what you might have, so I'll leave the specific ID to someone else.

… psweet, 12 November, 2011 - 5:42pm

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Thanks. Getting it to genus

Thanks. Getting it to genus reduces the possibilities by 99+% from where I was at "Skipper." Looking both at BugGuide and print guides, my inexpert eye is inclined toward Zarucco Duskywing - Erynnis zarucco. Guides put the location well inside range.

… Gregg Lee, 13 November, 2011 - 5:28pm

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