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Skipper Butterfly on Arachis pintoi

Potanthus niobe hyugai

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Field Notes

Description:

Skipper butterfly endemic to the Philippines. This subspecies is native to the Northern Philippines

Habitat:

meadows, gardens. thickets. This one was foraging among my Arachis pintoi

Species ID Suggestions

Skipper Butterfly

Potanthus niobe hyugai

Comments (5)

It might be Taractrocera luzonensis - compare hind wing markings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taractrocera_luzonensis_cropped.jpg
Hi Frankie. I'm not comfortable with Jolly's ID on this one. On the hind wing there is a smaller yellow spot right between the larger two which doesn't seem to be on the wiki version (or other non-PN versions).... we need Jolly or bayucca to comment on this pattern difference. In my experience these variations are important to correct ID.
Thanks Mark Ridgway for the correction. Thanks Jolly Ibanez for the ID. It is nice to learn it is an endemic butterfly.
Hi Frankie. Not a moth but a butterfly. These are called skippers or darts and the family is Hesperiidae. There are hundreds that look almost the same. :)

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