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Large skipper

Ochlodes venata

formerlyOchlodes sylvanus

Order Lepidoptera. Family Hesperiidae.

Large skipper — Photographs 1
Large skipper.
Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

The large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

Traits

Wingspan
28–35 mm
Flight period
May–August
Host plants
grasses
Generations per year
1

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Photographs

Large skipper — Photographs 2
Large skipper. Zoological illustration (detail of a plate).
W. S. Coleman (engraving 1860; uploaded by Keith Edkins) / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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