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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 » Hesperiina » Branded Skippers (Hesperia) » Leonard's Skipper - Hodges#4023 (Hesperia leonardus) » Leonard's Skipper (Hesperia leonardus leonardus)
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Very small skipper - Hesperia leonardus - male
Copyright © 2014 sharinideas

Very small skipper - Hesperia leonardus - Male
Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 28, 2014
Size: very small
The flowers this skipper is nectaring are less than one half inch diameter.
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Contributed by sharinideas on 29 June, 2014 - 9:20am
Last updated 22 January, 2015 - 6:21pm

Moved
Moved from Grass Skippers.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 January, 2015 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Leonard's Skipper male
… Cliff Ivy, 22 January, 2015 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Crossline skipper female
Expected spots to be lighter but pattern above matches some examples of Crossline female. http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Hesperiinae/Polites_o_origenes_F_USA_KENTUCKY_Lexington_09-VI-06_1_i.htm
… Cliff Ivy, 27 December, 2014 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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