Jewel-studded skipper

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Identification: The wings are dark brown with orange-brown fringe. The forewings have three central white spots. On the underside, the forewings have a white patch below the central spots (just above the dorsum), white costa and white tinted apex. The hindwings have faint yellowish markings on the underside along the postdiscal and marginal areas. The body and hindwings bases are yellow on the underside. The body and wing bases are bright iridescent blue on the upperside.

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Reported from: Demerara (Region 4), Berbice (Region 6)