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Southern Skipperling

Copaeodes minima

Notes:

Very small but pretty.

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9 Comments

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

you are very welcome :)

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

Welcome Rieko san :)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Thank you so much mendes.madalena and DanielePralong and thank you so very much for ID AgnesAdiqueTalavera. @ AgnesAdiqueTalavera: Thank you very much for nice website. I can use it a lot!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

No worries :-)

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

i know! i erased it immediately, i was doing the id of this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/321... and by mistake put it here..

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Hi mendes.madalena! This is not the common blue, a Lycaenidae butterfly which looks completely different. As you have suggested yourself below this is a skipper.

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

i found this link it might be useful for an id :) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/galle...

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

This is a skipper butterfly! Hesperiidae family, hope this helps

RiekoS
Spotted by
RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Jul 6, 2013
Submitted on Jul 7, 2013

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