As I’ve said before in this blog, I really try to get both a top view and a side view(or bottom view) of every butterfly because of the sometimes big differences and the clues for good identification. Though not as radically different as some butterflies, there is a difference in the Fiery Skipper – Hylephila phyleus (my gallery link), as you can see in these two photos . . .
That white thing this one is on is a cleanout pipe opening lid for one of my drains going under the blacktop driveway. And this one is fairly common from much of the United States continuously southward into Argentina.
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