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Clouded Flat

Tagiades flesus

Photo by dotun55
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Field Notes

Description:

The Clouded Flat, Clouded Forester or Clouded Skipper (Tagiades flesus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family from southern Africa.

Habitat:

Plantain groove

Notes:

Always there appears to be a bluish-white stream trailing this butterfly as it fleets off like a firefly in the day. This makes this butterfly difficult to identify on the wing. Once observed at close up, it was easy to the attribute that feature to the white patch under its wings.
It flies low and likes the shade and hardly seen in the open but would be found skirting boundaries (walls) if ever seen.

The plantain groove hosts a variety of butterflies at different hours of the day. It isn't difficult to guess the species that would be spotted there by evening. This butterfly was there for a warm bath in the morning. It was easy to tell because it wasn't as evasive as in previous encounters. It acted like it had business to do around.
Chases were fruitful. In the end, I had an idea of its true identity. It's got to be a young hesperiidae, Clouded Skipper (Tagiades flesus).

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