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Southern Skipperling

Copaeodes minima

Photo by RiekoS
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42.2695, -74.7268

Field Notes

Notes:

Very small but pretty.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)

Thank you so much mendes.madalena and DanielePralong and thank you so very much for ID AgnesAdiqueTalavera. @ AgnesAdiqueTalavera: Thank you very much for nice website. I can use it a lot!
Is it the Southern Skipperling, Copaeodes minima? - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Copaeodes-minima http://butterfliesofamerica.com/copaeodes_minima.htm
i know! i erased it immediately, i was doing the id of this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/32115041 and by mistake put it here..
Hi mendes.madalena! This is not the common blue, a Lycaenidae butterfly which looks completely different. As you have suggested yourself below this is a skipper.
i found this link it might be useful for an id :) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/gallery?stage=All&species_view=ventral&species_type=All&family=891&field_sciname_value=&field_comname_value=
This is a skipper butterfly! Hesperiidae family, hope this helps
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PublishedJuly 7, 2013

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