Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Orcus Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780)


Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification:
Wing Span:
Life History:
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Habitat:
Range: Oaxaca and Chiapas to Argentina, Trinidad to Dominica (source: Butterflies of America).
Conservation:
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