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Common Spurwing Butterfly

Antigonus erosus

Description:

This butterfly is about 1" in diameter or slightly larger.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica, coastal lowland elevation, beginning of the dry season.

Notes:

Spotted near an HID lamp at night.

1 Species ID Suggestions

SarotaBoy
SarotaBoy 9 years ago
Common Spurwing
Antigonus erosus Antigonus erosus (pinned specimens, page 1)


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4 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 9 years ago

thanks!

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Not as tricky as I thought. I am quite behind my schedule of IDing due to some other larger projects...

The ID looks fone for me!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 9 years ago

Thank you Sarota, what do you think bayucca?

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Hesperiidae, one of the tricky ones.

LarryGraziano
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LarryGraziano

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Nov 19, 2012
Submitted on Nov 2, 2014

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