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Horace's Duskywing (Male)

Erynnis horatius

Description:

Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Upperside of male forewing is dark brown with little contrast and no white overscaling. Underside of hindwing is usually without 2 spots below the apex. The male has a costal fold containing yellow scent scales

Notes:

Adults feed on various flowers of plants up to about 4.5 feet tall, including dogbane, buttonbush, sneezeweed, goldenrod, peppermint, boneset, and winter cress.

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LilianaCampozano
LilianaCampozano 7 years ago

Thank you LivanEscudero for helping me ID Horace's Duskywing/Erynnis horatius

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 7 years ago

I think my ID suggestion is right, but not 100% sure. It seems to be one of our Duskywing Skippers, but you may want to wait for more expert confirmation.
http://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch....

LilianaCampozano
Spotted by
LilianaCampozano

Florida, USA

Spotted on Apr 27, 2016
Submitted on Apr 28, 2016

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