Chequered skipper  (Carterocephalus palaemon)

For more information on the chequered skipper see:

• Asher, J., Warren, M., Fox, R., Harding, P., Jeffcoate, G. and Jeffcoate, S. (2001) The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press, Oxford
• The Butterfly Conservation website:
  www.butterfly-conservation.org