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Bell's Paradise Skipper

Phocides metrodorus nigrescens Bell, 1938

Photo by SG in CR
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Black butterfly with blueish white stripes and transparent sections on the wings.

Notes:

This is the adult that developed from this caterpillar, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/516836081

Reference Links:

Phocides metrodorus - Information on Phocides metrodorus, Phocides metrodorus nigrescens Bell, 1938

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2014

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