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Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly

Epargyreus clarus

Photo by Geodialist
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Field Notes

Description:

A Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly feeding on Zinnia flowers (Zinnia sp.). Silver-spotted Skipper is one of the easier-to-identify Skipper butterflies.

Habitat:

The Children’s Garden at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School. Related Resource: http://www.fcps.edu/HollinMeadowsES/

Notes:

My sincere thanks to "IanMichaelIleto" for identifying the Zinnia flowers shown in my photo!

Reference Links:

Epargyreus clarus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
alicelongmartin
The flower is a Zinna. I am presently in Austria and only going in to check my mail once a day. You do an excellent job of identifying.
IanMichaelIleto
The butterfly is on a zinnia. CoraVajnai described one of my spotting as a "flower growing on another." I also like one of its common name "youth-and-old-age." http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6385301

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Flowers of North America
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Pollinating Insects of the World

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2011

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