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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 07, 2008

My Mexican Sunflowers were mobbed this morning with the usual visitors tanking up on nectar. Three new ones must have also hatched. This is one of them.

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

A Skipper, could be Gilbert's Flasher. The link isn't working on this site, but it looks like yours has a white band under the leading edge.

http://ihc.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/SkipperPages/Skipper_Thumbnails_Pages/Thumbnails_Pyrginae_Group2_Astraptes.html

Top of wings seen here,

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1936


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

Some pics show the white flash on the top of wings below the blue too,

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q='gilbert's%20flasher'&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

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