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Fiery Skipper - Hodges#4013 (Hylephila phyleus)
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Copyright © 2013
joey99
Pretty Moth? on Lantana Plant -
Hylephila phyleus
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San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
September 10, 2013
Size: about 1 inch
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Contributed by
joey99
on 13 September, 2013 - 1:35pm
Last updated 22 November, 2015 - 8:50pm
Fiery Skipper female
Note orange spot in cell of dorsal forewing and dark ground color.
Moved from
Woodland Skipper
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Cliff Ivy
, 22 November, 2015 - 8:50pm
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Moved
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Grass Skippers
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Cliff Ivy
, 18 December, 2014 - 5:00pm
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Two species. A Woodland Skipper, male
is the initial butterfly. See
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Hesperiinae/Ochlodes_s._sylvanoides_USA_CALIFORNIA_Sonoma_Co._Nagasawa_Park_Santa_Rosa_15-IX-2010_2_i.htm
The other specimen is a male Fiery skipper. I will delink for archiving.
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Cliff Ivy
, 18 December, 2014 - 4:43pm
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Moved
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John S. Ascher
, 27 October, 2014 - 6:06am
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v belov
, 25 September, 2013 - 3:02pm
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That's a pretty skipper (butterfly)
A male Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) based on the black patterns on the upperside of the forewing I think.
Fiery Skipper
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Dory Owen
, 13 September, 2013 - 3:52pm
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Fiery Skipper
Dory, thanks for your assistance. I am at my son's house in San Francisco. I come here at least once a year. Been doing that for years but this is the first time I have seen the fiery skippers in his yard. Got several of them there now. I appreciate your help.
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joey99
, 14 September, 2013 - 11:41am
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