I find many skippers (Hesperiidae), including the dark duskywings (Erynnis spp.), extremely difficult to tell apart. I'm conferring with Chris Tenney before I finish placing embedded IDs on these pictures. More to come...
ps 04/21/14 - Chris confirmed my IDs. He said we also saw pacuvius duskywing (Erynnis pacuvius callidus, Shapiro, Tenney), but I probably mistook them for the similarly dark sleepy duskywing since ours in CA don't have the white fringe. These are all hilltoppers for the most part, and we found them either right at the top at the base of the lookout or in a fairly limited radius around the summit. I don't have any helpful ID notes to offer, because Chris basically pointed them all out to me.
ps 04/21/14 - Chris confirmed my IDs. He said we also saw pacuvius duskywing (Erynnis pacuvius callidus, Shapiro, Tenney), but I probably mistook them for the similarly dark sleepy duskywing since ours in CA don't have the white fringe. These are all hilltoppers for the most part, and we found them either right at the top at the base of the lookout or in a fairly limited radius around the summit. I don't have any helpful ID notes to offer, because Chris basically pointed them all out to me.
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