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Mexican Sootywing
Pholisora mejicanus
Pholisora mejicanus is a species of butterfly of the skipper family, the Hesperiidae. It occurs in the Southwestern United States south throughout most of Mexico. Often it is referred to as the Mexican sootywing.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173418.