Berry's Skipper (Euphyes berryi)

This is one of the rarest butterflies in NC, known only from a few coastal plain sites, and even in those sites, it's not found every year. It's probably two brooded and is more "common" (still quite rare) in late Aug/early Sep. It's found in marshy areas, swamp edges, and in wet savannah type habitats. Note the tawny-orange underside and paler veins.

Berry's Skipper (Euphyes berryi)
Craven Co., NC
27 Aug 2006

Named after lepidopterist Dean Berry who studied this butterfly in Florida several decades ago.


Okeechobee Co., FL 12 Aug 2003	Okeechobee Co., FL 12 Aug 2003


Here's a poor picture of a NC Berry's Craven Co., NC 28 Aug 2005

Craven Co., NC
27 Aug 2006

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Created on ... June 2, 2005 | Updated on ... August 31, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu