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Hylephila phyleus
Photo take at my back yard small yellow skipper on top of a leaf about 2.5 cm wingspan.Antennae are very short. Male wide black stigma. Underside of the hindwing is scattered with small black spots. Female: Upperside is dark brown with a very irregular orange band. Underside of hindwing is pale brown with paler checks.
Sunny, open areas such as fields, lawns, gardens, levees, roadsides, and second-growth scrub. Range: Southern United States south through the West Indies and Central America to Argentina. Cannot survive harsh winters; each summer this skipper may stray and re-colonize north to northern California, southern Minnesota, southern Ontario, and southern New England.
Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012
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