Not sure if this picture can be definitively ID'ed. Very small skipper, similar in size to a small checkerspot. I just got lucky to see it perch, and obtained what pictures I could
I think this is the only skipper this could be, but I really am a beginner on butterflies.
Woodland Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanoides
male
Horn Rapids Park,
Benton Co., Washington
16 August 2008
Woodland Skipper, Cliff Buckwheat, More Mesa
Woodland Skipper on Vinegar Weed
Ochlodes is a genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae.
