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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) » Thymelicini » Ancyloxypha » Least Skipper - Hodges#4004 (Ancyloxypha numitor)
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dorsal view of skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor
Copyright © 2013 Joshua Stuart Rose

dorsal view of skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 14, 2013
Photographed among cattails on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River, at the edge of town. The critter disappeared before I could get a photo showing its underwings.
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 10 August, 2013 - 10:18pm
Last updated 19 August, 2013 - 5:58pm

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… William Edwards, 19 August, 2013 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Mucho appreciado
Thank you William! And say hello to CB for me; I used to communicate with him more or less regularly when I lived in the LRGV of Texas, but haven't corresponded with him since I moved north to Massachusetts...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 19 August, 2013 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Expert ID - Ancyloxypha numitor
I sent your image to Charles Bordelon who identified it as Ancyloxypha numitor.
… William Edwards, 18 August, 2013 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Looks like - Ancyloxypha numitor


This species has been found in SE Saskatchewan.
Your find would seem to represent a range extension.
See Butterflies of Canada - Least Skipper.
… William Edwards, 17 August, 2013 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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