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Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

Description:

Dark purplish brown, with males almost always totally unmarked except for the black stigma; females have a series of small white spots on the forewing above, which are repeated but are smaller on the forewing underside. Females usually have a very faint pale-purplish crescent on the hindwing underside.

Habitat:

Roadside brush next to a swamp.

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Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Jul 26, 2014
Submitted on Jul 28, 2014

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