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Cupido comyntas
Light powder blue butterfly.
Large collection of Trumpet Flower Vines.
Thanks! As far as calling it a skipper, I'm just going on information I got in elementary school, that went along the lines of "The big ones are butterflies and the little ones are skippers." lol, so thanks for the clarification.
Nice series! This butterfly is actually called a Blue. Skippers have a different body and wing shape than this butterfly. You can compare yours to these skippers:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/189/bgpage...