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White/Common Checkered-Skipper

Pyrgus albescens/communis

Description:

Small butterfly, About 3 cm wingspan.

Habitat:

Opening in an oak forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
White/Common Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus albescens/communis White/Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus albescens/communis )


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9 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Well bayucca, I'm very thank full for your help IDing this new butterfly for me.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

It is not possible to ID this one without the native specimen. I am not sure if a ventral view really would be safe. I think my suggestion is a valuable compromise.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Pyrgus scriptura or Pyrgus communis. This is only a suggestion - of course there are experts who could really pinpoint the exact ID for this spotting.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Thanks, I will have a closer look later.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

No, but I know skippers hard to shot...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Bayucca, I just up loaded another closer look. I hop it helps.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

My first guess is still: Pyrgus sp., it might either be Pyrgus communis or Pyrgus albescens, however, these two can't be separated by picture only.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Than you bayucca for the ID. Sorry no ventral shot, you know butterflies, hard to shot.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Easy one: Pyrgus sp.. Heavy one: species? Tricky for IDing, any other shot of the ventral side?? Try to get closer...

LuisStevens
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LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Nov 15, 2012

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