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Perichares sp.
Is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple or white flowers.
It is found in the United States from Georgia east to Texas, south to Florida, south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.
I got stung by a small black ant twice while trying to take those pictures!
Spotted on Jun 11, 2011
Submitted on Jun 11, 2011
8 Comments
It is not Lerema sp., but Perichares sp.
I think is that one Ashish, thank you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerema_acci...
Its Skipper too. Common Gray I think with streak of white dots on wings....!!
These butterflies are very fast and flower friendly..!!
Wow Lori thank you so much! I'm downloading it.
Try downloading "The Hesperiidae of Amazonian Colombia" available here: http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/g...
I know! :)
Thank you Lori, its gonna be a hard work trying to ID, I just read there are about 3500 species of skippers!
A type of "skipper" butterfly. (What we do for art/science ;) )