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Pyrgus amoricanus - Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper

These two photos of the same, fresh, imago show the yellowish tinge to both the   underside, and also dusting the upperside basal area. The hindwing underside shows the two arc shaped spots in S1 and S2. The upperside does not, I'm afraid, show the well marked hidwing also typical of this Pyrgus.

This butterfly was photographed in early July in the Haute-Savoie. where I have seldom knowingly met up with it. 

Pyrgus amoricanus  Oberthur's Skipper | PTKbutterflies
Pyrgus amoricanus  Oberthur's Skipper | PTKbutterflies

The one below was photographed in the Midi Pyrenees near Luchon in late July 2016

Pyrgus amoricanus  Oberthur's Skipper | PTKbutterflies
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