Southern Broken-Dash

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.