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Tropical Checkered Skipper

Pyrgus oileus

Description:

Small, brown and white Skipper, very nervous and active and we didn't get a really good picture of it. Family Hesperiidae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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Tropical Checkered Skipper
Pyrgus oileus Pyrgus oileus


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1 Comment

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Thank you so much Faredin for the identification :)

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 2, 2013
Submitted on Aug 24, 2013

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