Dun Skipper Butterfly (Euphyes vestris)

CENTRAL FLORIDA CRITTER OF THE DAY: Dun Skipper Butterfly (Euphyes vestris) male

New to my buggy life list. Many thanks to Andrew D. Warren, Ph.D., Senior Collections Manager, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History
aka @AndyBugGuy for the confirmed identification “Great pics! That’s a male Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris), widespread in FL but not commonly encountered…”

My encounter was submitted and accepted to add this species to the Osceola county Florida checklist at butterfliesandmoths.org
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1220040

Learn: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Euphyes-vestris

Larval host: Sedges (Cyperaceae)—Sedges (Carex spp.) https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw057

Shown on Florida Native Plant: CLIMBING HEMPVINE (Mikania scandens)

My take: https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/skip-skip-skip-to-my-lou/

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• butterfly
• insect
• pollinator
• Skipper