Dun Skipper

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The Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris) is the most widespread of the approximately one dozen Euphyes species present in the United States.

With the exception of the Rocky Mountain and Central California region, their range extends to wetland areas from Coast to Coast.

It unexceptional features, almost entirely brown body and wings, makes it one of the easiest grass skippers to both identify and ignore.

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