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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 » Lerema » Clouded Skipper - Hodges#3998 (Lerema accius)

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Clouded Skipper? - Lerema accius

Jones State Forest, Montgomery County, Texas, USA
July 20, 2013

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Contributed by The Longs on 9 August, 2013 - 7:31am
Last updated 29 December, 2013 - 1:33pm

Moved

Moved from Grass Skippers.

… William Edwards, 29 December, 2013 - 1:33pm

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Moved

Moved from Clouded Skipper.

… The Longs, 18 August, 2013 - 3:39pm

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… The Longs, 10 August, 2013 - 8:39am

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No Expert, But Agree..

"Most abundant blackish-brown skipper in the Houston area." (Tveten, 1996)

The 3 white forewing dots, the white under the antenna club, the lighter fringe and the slight violet shading on the hindwings are all in keeping with your id.

I use the Tvetens' Butterflies of Houston and Southeast Texas for id-ing. Great resource if you don't have it.

… Monica Krancevic, 9 August, 2013 - 10:42am

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Agree with your ID - Lerema accius

See Butterflies of America - Lerema accius
This image looks very similar in my opinion.

I live in Fort Worth where L. accius is common.
Both the BofA image and the Longs image are rather atypical though.

… William Edwards, 28 December, 2013 - 8:12am

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Thanks for the help

Yes, I'd used Tveten to get this far. But my pic doesn't show the violet shading, and this is our first Clouded, so I wasn't sure if there was a similar skipper without the violet. Thanks for the help!

… The Longs, 10 August, 2013 - 8:38am

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I'm no expert...

I just gave my opinion, so you might want to place the image in the Grass Skippers section until an expert can look at it and confirm.

Another possibility is to submit it to BAMONA here as a sighting. Experts verify the species and add it to their database.

… Monica Krancevic, 11 August, 2013 - 9:33pm

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Thanks, will do.

Thanks, will do.

… The Longs, 18 August, 2013 - 3:44pm

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