What 'Butterfly' is this?

echinaceamaniac (Clint) Medina, TN(Zone 7b) Jul 02, 2010

I think it's a butterfly but my friend thinks it's a moth. It likes Echinacea 'Tomato Soup'!

kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 02, 2010

You are right, it is a butterfly. It is one of the open-wing skippers, known as Horace's Duskywing - Erynnis horatius: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1998
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/112/

Kennedy

echinaceamaniac (Clint) Medina, TN(Zone 7b) Jul 02, 2010

Thanks. They look kind of like moths and I can see why someone would get confused.

Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 14, 2010

Nice to see you posting on this forum kennedy!

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