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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 » Draco Skipper - Hodges#4039 (Polites draco)
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Orangish butterfly - Polites draco
Copyright © 2013 Jerry Friedman

Orangish butterfly - Polites draco
Santa Fe Ski Basin, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
June 18, 2013
Size: 25-30 mm?
On Mertensia franciscana (Franciscan lungwort, bluebells), possibly because of an instinct for color combinations. By a stream in spruce-fir habitat. A skipper? Unfortunately I didn't get any other shots.
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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 20 June, 2013 - 10:56pm
Last updated 2 January, 2015 - 8:30pm

Note large jagged center PM spot on HW

Moved from Grass Skippers.
… Cliff Ivy, 2 January, 2015 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the ID and the tip.
… Jerry Friedman, 3 January, 2015 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

Sandhll Skipper?
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… John S. Ascher, 15 November, 2014 - 3:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the subfamily
and the suggestion. Seems it would be an odd Sandhill Skipper, but I don't have any better ideas.
… Jerry Friedman, 15 November, 2014 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… John S. Ascher, 28 October, 2014 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… v belov, 26 June, 2014 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

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