page_title: Zabulon skipper
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Zabulon skipper / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Male Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
context_page_description: The Zabulon skipper is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States.
context_section_description: This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings.  The upperside of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown.  The underside of the male's wings is mainly yellow orange with the margins being dark brown. There is a yellow basal spot enclosed with brown. The upperside of the female's wings is dark brown with large, glassy spots near the forewing outer margin.  The underside of the female's wings is a brownish-burgundy color with the hindwing having a white streak on the costal edge.  The wing margins are broadly frosted. The wingspan measures ​1 ³⁄₈ to ​1 ⁵⁄₈ inches (35–41 mm).
caption: Upperside of the male
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