Another morning spent outdoors was deemed a huge success, as my five-year-old daughter has an incredible eye! She spotted our little skipper friend in the grass. I am happy to say we identified this little butterfly correctly, it is a tropical checkered skipper, burnsius oileus.
It just goes to show persistence and patience will eventually lead to the ideal photographs, the little skipper openings its wings.
This little beauty only has a wingspan of 1 to 1 1/2 inches and has a super rapid, darting flight close to the ground. The male has bluish-white hairs and will feed, or perch while spreading its wings, according to the Alabama Butterfly Atlas.
Here are a few other posts of this little skipper:
The skipper: https://bit.ly/3ztjCox;
Little skipper: https://bit.ly/39ak3JQ
A new visitor: https://bit.ly/3MAvurR