Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

This denizen of salt marshes is related to the Salt Marsh Skipper, which has a white streak instead of Obscure's three white dots (one single, two paired). Obscure Skipper ranges along the immediate coast from the West Indies and Florida to Texas and on to South America.

Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas 6/21/2010.

Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

Big Pine Key, Monroe Co., FL 6/26/2010.

Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

Bahia Honda State Park, Monroe Co., FL 6/25/2010.

Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas 6/20/2010.

Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas 6/20/2010.

Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)

Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 10/14/04.

I don't know about you, but I've seen plenty of butterflies that are a lot more obscure than this tiny, but distinctive, skipper.

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