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Sand-hill Skipper

Polites sabuleti

Plate XLVII — Sand-hill Skipper is Fig. 42
Plate XLVII — Sand-hill Skipper is Fig. 42

Butterfly.--Small, the male on the upper side looking like a diminutive and darkly bordered phylaeus. On the under side the wings are paler than on the upper side; the still paler spots of the discal areas are defined outwardly and inwardly by elongated dark spots. Expanse, 1.00-1.10 inch.

Early Stages.--Unknown.

The habitat of this species is California.