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butterfly - long tailed skipper type

Urbanus sp

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

dark brown with white stripes

Habitat:

lawn near outdoor restaurant

Species ID Suggestions

Longtail Skipper

Urbanus sp.
bayucca
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Comments (2)
KarenSaxton
I pulled p the thumbnails of both from the Butterflies of North America site. huge variations within the species, and both so similar
bayucca
Might be Urbanus tanna or Urbanus teleus. It is not possible to separate them from this shot.

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