Tropical Checkered-skipper
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Like all Checkered-skippers, the dark wings with a light checker pattern serve as the basic field identification clues. The picture also shows a male with the whited out look of the portion of the wings next to the body.
Tropical Checkered-skippers are found in warm areas of the United States from Florida, west to Southern Arizona.
The caterpillars feed on plants in the mallow family.
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