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Tropical Checkered Skipper

Pyrgus oileus

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, brown and white Skipper, very nervous and active and we didn't get a really good picture of it. Family Hesperiidae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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Pyrgus oileus

Species ID Suggestions

Tropical Checkered Skipper

Pyrgus oileus

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FaredinAliyevski
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Comments (1)
LaurenZarate
Thank you so much Faredin for the identification :)

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PublishedAugust 24, 2013

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