Chequered skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Order Lepidoptera. Family Hesperiidae.
Photo: Andreas Eichler / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
Carterocephalus palaemon, the chequered skipper or arctic skipper, not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a species of woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
Traits
- Wingspan
- 25–30 mm
- Flight period
- May–July
- Host plants
- grasses
- Generations per year
- 1
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Photographs
Dr. F. Nemos / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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