White-patched Skipper (Chiothion georgina, Chiomara georgina)

Tropical species reaching the US up to southern Texas and occasionally straying to southeastern Arizona and elsewhere in the southwestern US.

Formerly placed in the genus Chiomara and called Chiomara asychis georgina, recent evidence supports placing it in the genus Chiothion.


White-patched Skipper (Chiothion georgina), female (Note reduced amount of white compared to male) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004	White-patched Skipper (Chiothion georgina), male Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004

		These skippers (and others) often fold their forewings back over and partially covering their hindwings.
White-patched Skipper (Chiothion georgina) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004	White-patched Skipper (Chiothion georgina) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004

White-patched Skipper (Chiothion georgina)
Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004

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