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Southern Broken-Dash

Wallengrenia otho

Description:

Photo take at my backyard small skipper gold color whit small white dots on the wings about 3 cm wingspan.Upperside of male is brown with a few orange or red-oranges patches and a two-part black stigma (the "broken dash"). Female upperside is dark brown with pale orange spots. Underside of hindwing in both sexes is orange or red-orange and has a band of pale spots.

Habitat:

Openings near wooded rivers or swamps. Range: Eastern Texas and the southeastern United States south through the West Indies and Central America to Argentina. Strays north to central Missouri, northern Kentucky, and Delaware.


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5 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Thanks Ashish indeed they are :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 10 months ago

Welcome..!!
These are so lovely butterflies... They are so quick and disappears in flash....

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Thanks Ashish :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 10 months ago

In India we have similar Straight Swift (Parnara guttatus)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 10 months ago

Check species and Genus in Hesperiinae sub family find in this country.

Mexico

Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88

Spotted on Jul 17, 2012
Submitted on Jul 17, 2012

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