Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1198838

Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis

Observation date: July 06, 2016
Date notes: None
Submitted by: Janeal W. Thompson
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: There were many of these skippers in the barrow pits on Verbena bracteata (prostrate vervain). Weather warm, sunny, winds calm.
Status: Resident
Verified by: A_baldini
Verified date: March 07, 2019
Coordinator notes: Correct ID; the first picture is the female, and the second one is the male. Another species of checkered-skipper, the Small Checkered-Skipper, is found on the eastern plains of Colorado too (though not as far east as Prowers County).
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Prowers County