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Large Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanus

Photo by Ursula
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Field Notes

Description:

Orange-brown relatively small butterfly with faint chequered pattern on both the upperside and undersideIt. Has a distinct liking for Bramble flowers.

Habitat:

Spotted this one in mountains, but can be found throughout Europe to northern Asia, China and Japan. Can be found where wild grasses are allowed to grow tall-hedgerows, woodland clearings and edges.

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Large Skipper

Species ID Suggestions

Large Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanus

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Comments (4)
Ursula
Well, I'm glad you did. If it weren't for you I wouldn't know these ones I was able to catch on camera. There are so many more around here I want to know their names one day :)
Jopy
U welcome, Ursula, it was my plasure! love butterflies! that's what I thought until I started doing research for graduate, they are very similar to moths :)
Ursula
thx jopy! interesting fact-thank you for that! :) it was a bit different from the others i've seen, that's why i thought it might be a moth
Jopy
It is not moth, it' family Hesperiidae, moths hold down the wings and butterflies raise them upright when resting...

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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European Butterflies and Moths

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PublishedApril 20, 2013

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