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Jemadia sp.
Diurnal butterfly of the Hesperiidae family, the skippers.
Open areas, school campus.
Feeding on nectar of Calliandra surinamensis.
Lovely Butterfly!! Thanks for giving the plant name, it is going in my garden for sure now that I know the name... : )
Jemadia is actually very similar and there are even some more very similar skippers around. Yours is Phocides belus, Belus Skipper.
Note the typical silvery patches at the edge of the forewing.
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/phocides...
Spotted on Sep 27, 2013
Submitted on Oct 14, 2013
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