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Fantastic Skipper

Vettius fantasos

Photo by Small Wonders
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The Fantastic Skipper is a grass skipper very common to Mexico. Underside of hindwings ivory with reddish brown veining.

Habitat:

Range: Mexico - South America. Host Plants: Grasses (Lasiacis sp.)

Notes:

Unfortunately I was unable to photograph the beautiful underside of this skipper - for identification help visit http://butterfliesofamerica.com/vettius_fantasos_live1.htm

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Comments (2)

Thanks bayucca! Again I wish I had the opportunity to capture the underside. It is quite contrasting compared to this dorsal view ;)

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