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Grizzled Skipper
(Pyrgus malvae)
Linnaeus (1758)
Skippers (Hesperiidae)
GRSK
24901
Spættet Bredpande (dk)
Smultronvisslare (se)
Synonyms: Kattostvisslare (se)
Measurements:
WS: 22-25mm
Generations:
1
Flight period:
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Identification:
One of the difficult white-chequered skippers. But from a Danish perspective mainly possible to confuse with Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (Fransk Bredpande), however, that one has diffuse spots on the hindwing, is paler on the underwing, is larger and lacks a row of white spots along the upper forewing margin.
Life stages:
Distribution:
Europe, NW Turkey, Tian Shan, Mongolia, N China and Korea.
Habitat:
Sunny and dry fields with short vegetation. Open land heaths and costal meadows. Also forest clearings.
Behavior:
Small and fast moving near the ground. Often rests on the ground or stones with spread wings.
Status:
Declining in Denmark, but still present in Jylland, Fyn and N and E Sjælland. In Sweden the most common skipper.
Host plants:
Skovjordbær (Fragaria vesca) [Wild Strawberry ~ Fresa Salvaje ~ Smultron]
Potentil-arter (Potentilla sp.)
Almindelig Agermåne (Agrimonia eupatoria) [Common Agrimony ~ Hierba de San Guillermo ~ Småborre]
Potentil-arter (Potentilla sp.)
Almindelig Agermåne (Agrimonia eupatoria) [Common Agrimony ~ Hierba de San Guillermo ~ Småborre]
Feeding plants:
As host plants.
Comment:
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2022-05-08 Melby Overdrev, Denmark Imago Two animals were all we could find on this sunny but rather windy and cold May day. |
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2022-05-08 Melby Overdrev, Denmark Imago |
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2023-05-26 Melby Overdrev, Denmark Imago A single seen under horribly windy conditions in the sandy parts along the forest edge. |
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2023-06-05 Allgunnens Naturreservat (Kalmar), Sweden Imago We only saw few of the species on this trip, and only in forest habitat, contrary to the dry open land where I have seen it in Denmark. |
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2023-06-08 Allgunnens Naturreservat (Kalmar), Sweden Imago Not a species I have a lot of experience with, but funny to find it inside a forest rather than in open heath land. |