Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius)

	Male NABA Butterfly Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04. The main confusion species is Southern Broken-Dash, which usually is a darker, richer orange-brown (Mellana is a paler orange-yellow-brown) and has a 3-pattern instead of a 7-pattern of pale dots on the underside of the hindwing. Common Mellana males remind me of Byssus Skipper, which doesn't occur in south Texas. Meske's Skipper is also similar, but much more flighty than the relatively sedentary (and thus easier to photograph) Mellana and Byssus.
	Male NABA Butterfly Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04.
	Male World Birding Center, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/19/04. This individual has a spot pattern a little more similar to that of a Southern Broken-Dash.
	Male NABA Butterfly Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04. The pattern on the upper side is also similar to Southern Broken-Dash, but note that there is no black stigma.
	Female World Birding Center, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/19/04. Females are quite different from males, with a darker, duller brown ground color, and paler spots in a smoothly curving 7 pattern.
	Female NABA Butterfly Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04.