Large skipper

Large skipper
Male with androconial dark line . Upperside
Female. Upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ochlodes
Species:
O. sylvanus
Binomial name
Ochlodes sylvanus
(Esper, 1777)
European part of range
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio sylvanus Esper, 1777
  • Papilio melicerta Bergsträsser, 1780
  • Augiades venata faunus Turati, 1905
  • Ochlodes venatus faunus (Turati, 1905)
  • Ochlodes alexandra Hemming, 1934
  • Ochlodes esperi Verity, 1934

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

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