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Skipper

Niconiades sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Large, robust brown Skipper with yellow spots, no tails. It likes shade but was also puddling in the gravel along the highway.

Habitat:

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

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Comments (3)
LaurenZarate
I agree LuckyLogan, very suspicious indeed! :) Your spotting is lovely, maybe they are in the same genus.
LuckyLogan
I meant this species looks suspiciously close, not that our spotting were similar pictures. Just thought I should clarify.
LuckyLogan
Looks suspiciously close to one of my spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37136054

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013

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