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Skipper

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Description:

A very somber dark brown Skipper, 2 cm long, without any distinctive markings on the wings. The last 2 pictures show the Skipper in the Leaf Litter, one with flash and one with natural light. This Skipper disappears in the shadows. Family Hesperiidae.

Habitat:

Bushes close to the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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PublishedAugust 6, 2013

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