Essex skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Order Lepidoptera. Family Hesperiidae.
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Description
Thymelicus lineola, known in Europe as the Essex skipper and in North America as the European skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
Traits
- Wingspan
- 24–30 mm
- Flight period
- June–August
- Host plants
- grasses
- Generations per year
- 1
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Photographs
Karl Eckstein / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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