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Skipper Butterfly

Hesperiidae

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Description:

All adult skippers have six well developed legs and four wings.
Skipper Butterflies share some characteristics of moths; stocky with a large head, widely spaced, hooked antennae, a chunky body and short wings, these smallish butterflies are sometimes rapid, erratic fliers.

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