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Clouded Skipper

Tagiades flesus

Photo by dotun55
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Description:

The Clouded Flat, Clouded Forester or Clouded Skipper (Tagiades flesus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family from southern Africa.
The wingspan is 35–47 mm for males and 43–49 mm for females. The upper surface of the wings is brownish with translucent spots near the apex of the forewings. These spots are larger in the female than in the male. The undersurface of the hindwings is white with a semicircle of irregular black spots. The winter form is lighter in colour than the summer form.

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