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Mardon or Sonora Skipper? - Woodland Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanoides
Copyright © 2006 Tom Shermer

Mardon or Sonora Skipper? - Woodland Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanoides
New Westminster, Vancouver area, British Columbia, Canada
August 30, 2006
I'm thinking that this is a Mardon Skipper (Polites mardon). I've looked through Glassberg [cite:31214] and Opler and Wright (Western Butterflies, Peterson Field Guides) and it seems to be the closest match. I'm hesitant about this i.d., because I have little experience with skippers, and I found this one outside of the range for Mardon shown in both of those guides. (About 120 miles out of range...Seattle to Vancouver.)

Guppy and Shepard (1) mention P. mardon, but say that it does not occur in BC. The only Polites that they have occuring near the Vancouver area is P. sonora, the Sonora Skipper. Maybe that's what I have?
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Contributed by Tom Shermer on 4 October, 2006 - 2:34am
Last updated 19 October, 2006 - 12:38pm

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… Tony, 19 October, 2006 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

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I think it's probably a Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides). They are pretty common in late summer.
… John Davis, 4 October, 2006 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
You're right.
You're right. That would make a lot more sense; it's both in range and abundant. I think I was led to discount Woodland by the photo in Glassberg, which shows a very clear underwing marking...I should've read the text: "Individuals ... vary from having a prominent broad HW pale chevron ... to having only a faint trace of the chevron"

Thanks!
… Tom Shermer, 4 October, 2006 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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