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Common Checkered Skipper Butterfly

Pyrgus communis

Photo by EvelynWilson
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Field Notes

Description:

Pretty little butterfly, small, probally 1.5 inch wingspan. Grey and white tones.

Habitat:

Sonoran Desert. All over the wildflowers.

Reference Links:

Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

Species ID Suggestions

Common Checkered-Skipper

Pyrgus communis

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PublishedOctober 13, 2013

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