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Orange-spotted skipper

Zenonia zeno

Description:

Also known as Orange-spotted hopper,

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2 Comments

Mari du Preez
Mari du Preez 11 years ago

thanks simone, i'll go and have a look.

Simone E.
Simone E. 11 years ago

This little guy definitely belongs to the familiy of the Hesperiidae (Skippers), but I have no clue, which species, as it looks slightly different from the ones we have in Europe.
Here you can see the Small Skipper, which is very common in my region: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Skipp...

Mari du Preez
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Mari du Preez

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Aug 25, 2012
Submitted on Aug 28, 2012

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