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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 04, 2008

I have not seen this one in the garden. I normally find it in the house.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 04, 2008

This is a skipper (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). However, there are several Central American species with this general color pattern. Hopefully, a specialist may be able to identify it specifically.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 07, 2008

All the spots are in the right place for Barisses Silverdrop (Epargyreus barisses), but yours are a bit smaller.

http://ihc.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/SkipperPages/Skippers_Pyrginae_Group8/Skippers_Pyrginae_Group8_Pages/Epargyreus_barisses.html

Weak-spotted Silverdrop (Epargyreus spinosa) is close but seems to lack a spot or two,


http://ihc.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/SkipperPages/Skippers_Pyrginae_Group8/Skippers_Pyrginae_Group8_Pages/Epargyreus_spinosa.html

It seems to fit one of them, female and male difference maybe?

E. barisses is nowhere near you, but E. spinosa is.

http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/epargyreus/index.html

Looks close in this pic

http://www.mariposasmexicanas.com/epargyreus_spinosa.htm

I think the next one is closest yet and may be it! E. exadeus cruza, all the spots are there, the larger centre one on yours looks partly hidden.

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/Butterflies/Hesperiidae/Pyrginae/E_exadeus.jpg

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/oldsorlist.html

According the this site E. exadeus is in Guatemala and other places, E. exadeus cruza in Mexico:

http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/epargyreus/index.html

Somehow E. exadeus doesn't look right!

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1906

Warning about maps on the funet.fi site:

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