(Epargyreus clarus)
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| Silver Spotted Skipper (female) (Epargyreus clarus) |
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As with many species of butterflies, the Silver-spotted Skipper female is different from the male. Usually there are field marks that are similar which make it reasonably easy to determine the species and gender.
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| Silver Spotted Skipper pair (Epargyreus clarus) |
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I have included both male and female Silver Spotted Skipper here nectaring on Purple Loosestrife. These butterflies are quite common throughout the summer.
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| Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus) |
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The Bronze Copper, pictured above, has a broad orange marginal band on its hind wing, distingushing it from the American Copper. The American Copper has bright orange with black on the upperside of its forewings, where the female Bronze Copper has similar upperside pattern, but isn't as orange or black. The male Bronze Copper has a purplish iridescent colour on its upperside, with the wide orange marginal band on the upperside of its hind wing as well.
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| Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) |
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The Great Spangled Fritillary is much easier to identify by viewing its underside wing pattern via the broad pale marginal band on the hindwing. The upperside of the Great Spangled Fritillary has no black band on trailing edge of forewing. This is the most common species of Fritillary in Ontario.
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