What is This Pretty Flitting Thing?

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stephanietx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) May 16, 2012

Saw this the other night on one of my salvias. It blended in very nicely, but was so pretty!

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bettydee La Grange, TX(Zone 8b) May 16, 2012

It looks like a White/Common Checkered Skipper. The two listed below are really the same butterfly. I'm not sure which of the two names is the newer and therefore the correct name.

White checkered-skipper (Pyrgus albescens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:White_checkered-skipper_(Pyrgus_albescens)_dorsal_2.jpg

Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/3242/

http://www.carolinanature.com/pix/txleps6.html

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