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Fiery Skipper Butterfly

Hylephila phyleus

Photo by Christy Chow
Published on Project Noah
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Comments (4)
Christy Chow
Thank you so much, Marta! I was honored to be in its fleeting presence :)
Christy Chow
I know! It was pretty faint, but when the sun hit it like it did in the photo the green really stood out! :)
ceherzog
wow..I've never seen that green in a Fiery Skipper...pretty neat!

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