Pyrgus communis; Common Checkered-skipper; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Conoclinium+betonicifolium+(mill.)+r.m.+king+&+h.+rob.;+betonyleaf+mistflower&title_tag=Conoclinium+betonicifolium+(mill.)+r.m.+king+&+h.+rob.;+betonyleaf+mistflower>Conoclinium betonicifolium (mill.) r.m. king & h. rob.; betonyleaf mistflower</a>)</small>

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Pyrgus communis; Common Checkered-skipper; (shown with Conoclinium betonicifolium (mill.) r.m. king & h. rob.; betonyleaf mistflower)

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Pyrgus communis
Common Checkered-skipper
(shown with Conoclinium betonicifolium (mill.) r.m. king & h. rob.; betonyleaf mistflower)

Photographer: Christopher Christie

ID: 0000 0000 0614 2245 (2014-06-30)

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date of photo Nov 19, 2013

location Falcon State Park (Starr County, Texas, US)

family Hesperiidae

order Lepidoptera

class Insecta

habitat Tamaulipan Thornscrub near Falcon Lake

notes Indistinguishable in most photographs. P. albescens is the more common species in S. Texas. The two species used to be subspecies of P. communis. 320' elevation

contributor's ID # White/Common Checkered-Skipper-01-111913 90-6177-111913

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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common names Common Checkered-skipper (photographer)

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