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Taxiles Skipper
Poanes taxiles

Observation date: July 18, 2017
Date notes: two were scene on Horsemint Flowers in Englewood Colorado
Submitted by: eddysfo
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: August 12, 2017
Coordinator notes: This is the Taxiles Skipper. It is common in Colorado in shady surroundings often along trails by creeks and streams through forest. The Fiery Skipper is a stray skipper into Colorado that would more likely be seen in late summer into early fall on flowers in gardens and parks. Keep your camera handy and perhaps you can add a valuable record for one of these to the Colorado data base. Mike
Checklist region(s): Arapahoe County, United States, Colorado