Olive skipper
The olive skipper (Pyrgus serratulae) is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is a species of the mountainous areas of Europe but is absent from the British Isles and Scandinavia.
| Olive skipper | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgus |
| Species: | P. serratulae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839) | |
This is a relatively distinctive species by the standards of the genus, the upperside tending to be plainer than most of its congeners with only tiny white marks on the forewings and almost unmarked on the hindwings. The underside is usually mostly olive-green with paler markings. The wingspan is 24–28 mm. The adults are on the wing in July and August.
The larval foodplants are Potentilla.
References
- Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0
External links
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