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Grizzled Skipper

Spialia sp.

Photo by dotun55
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Field Notes

Description:

Very small skipper with white-dotted black wings

Habitat:

Near a water puddle

Reference Links:

Spialia diomus

Species ID Suggestions

Grizzled Skipper

Spialia sp.

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NuwanChathuranga
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Comments (1)
bayucca
Nuwan, I have the same IDea :-)... But I think there are too many species candidates around to get closer than the genus. I knew it from the European ones, almost impossible to ID without the native specimens. Sometimes there is 1 single spot at a special location that makes the ID... http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsa_nature/5326317444/in/pool-africanbutterflies|rsa_nature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spialia_diomus

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