Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1177496

Zabulon Skipper
Poanes zabulon

Observation date: July 29, 2018
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, humid, 75 degrees. The butterfly was moving from leaf to leaf in the sun, 3 feet above the ground, about 20 feet from a slow-moving creek. Nearby were sycamore, oak, maple, beech, white pine, wild cherry, sumac, box elder, dogwood, lespedeza, wingstem, autumn olive, rose mallow, joe pye weed, iron weed, milkweed, dogbane, senna, black-eyed susan, mixed grasses.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: August 08, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Cabell County, United States, West Virginia