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Orcus Checkered-Skipper

Pyrgus orcus

Photo by Rubens Araujo
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Orcus Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)

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Orcus Checkered-Skipper

Pyrgus orcus

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Leuba Ridgway
Shows that you don't have to have attractive colours to be an attractive butterfly - very nice !
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Hesperiidae, Spreadwing Skippers, Pyrgus orcus.

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PublishedMarch 11, 2012

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