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Urbanus dorantes
Small dark brown skipper butterfly with tan bars
Rural
Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 16, 2012
3 Comments
It looks like shadow to me. No tails? Nice spotting!
Tamar, I think you are right, it does have tails! We only have 2 species of tailed skippers here in TN, the long-tailed & the Dorantes skipper, so this must be the Dorantes!
On that right wing, in picture one, you can see some light marking on the hindwing I think. Also, is that a bit of a tail on the right wing? It is difficult for me to tell.