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far South Texas - Sabal Palms Sanctuary (1 Viewer)

lulubelle

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ID help - South Texas - Sabal Palms Sanctuary

My son and I birded and bugged the newly reopened Sabal Palms Sanctuary in South Texas this last weekend. I was hoping to see many butterflies, but didn't. I did get a shot of one and I think it is a spread-winged skipper. Looking through my "Butteflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley" by Roland H. Wauer, the closest I could come to was the Sickle-winged Skipper, but the coloring/patterning on my butterfly doesn't quite match. I was wondering if someone could help me with the ID?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5353315538_2373f33b91_z.jpg

Thanks so much for any help!
 
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Its a very attractive butterfly! I cant help ID beyond a skipper but you should try uploading the picture to iSpot (a quick ispot google and you'll find it) thats a relatively new website where users can have a go at ID'ing and in the next few days an expert will either confirm or correct them.
met one of the guys that works on the project afew weeks ago, top bloke.

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