Chequered skipper  (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Hesperiidae
Genus Carterocephalus (1)
Size Wingspan: 2 - 3 cm (1)
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Status

Extinct in England (4). A UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species, and protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, with respect to sale only (2). Classified as Vulnerable in Europe (3).