Desert Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius philetas, Pyrgus philetas)

Tropical species that's uncommon in the US in desert habitats from southern Arizona to the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Formerly placed in the genus Pyrgus, which is how it's named in current field guides, recent taxonomic research supports placing it in the genus Burnsius.

Desert Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius philetas)
California Gulch, Pima Co., AZ
27 July 2017

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Desert Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius philetas) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 19 Oct 2004	Desert Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius philetas) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004

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