Mournful Duskywing

The Mournful Duskywing is a small (1 1/8 - 1 3/4 inch wingspan) skipper. Skippers are distinguished from true butterflies by their relatively large bodies compared to their angular wings. They get their name from their characteristic rapid darting flight.

Though duskywings are in general rather difficult to distinguish from one another, the Mournful Duskywing has an overall dark coloration a white band on the hind wing and a mottled forewing with rows of darker wedge-shaped spots.

Similar Species White-fringed populations of Juvenal's and Pacuvius duskywings have partial brown fringe checkering. Funereal Mournful Duskywingh as narrower, longer FW and squared HW.Habitat Valleys, mountains, and foothills among oak scrub and savannah; redwood canyons and hills. Range California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico south to Colombia.

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