Pyrrhopyge araxes

Description

The Dull Firetip (Pyrrhopyge araxes, also known as the Golf-Club Skipper) is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only butterfly in the subfamily Pyrrhopyginae that occurs in the United States. They usually perch with their wings fully or partly open. Adults are very fond of flowers. Their flight is direct and quite fast, usually flying high above trees.