Chequered skipper  (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusCarterocephalus (1)
SizeWingspan: 2 - 3 cm (1)
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Status

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

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