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Pyrgus malvae

Grizzled Skipper

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Vaud, Switzerland, May 2010
 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2010
 

Valais, Switzerland, May 2010
 

Vaud, Switzerland, May 2009
 

Valais, Switzerland, April 2009

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007

 

Valais, Switzerland, April/May 2007/8

 

Var, France, May 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, May 2006

 

Var, France, April 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, May 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, May 2006

 

Var, France, May 2005

 

Alpes de Haute Provence, France, May 2005

 

Valais, Switzerland, May 2005

 

Var, France, May 2004

 

Macedonia, Greece, May 2004

 

Hampshire, UK, June 2000

 

Macedonia, Greece, May 2004
 

Macedonia, Greece, May 2004
 

Hampshire, UK, June 2000
 

Hampshire, UK, June 2000
 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

 

This is one of the more straight forward of the Pyrgus to identify but errors are still all to easy! One of the butterflies featured on my page for Orbed Red-underwing Skipper, Spialia orbifer, for a few weeks before a welcome prompt from a friend pointed our my error. A little more patience on my part would have avoided a red face!

The best feature of this butterfly is its small size. This almost always points the mind towards malvae. More objectively there are a row of spots around the upperside hindwing. These are always (?) present. They are bold and strong white. They are often on the forewing too. There are nearly always strong markings in the discal area of the hindwing too.

The last photo above lacks these last two identification features which makes me suspect something else but the bold row of spots around the hindwing precludes almost everything else. It was flying at about 100m about 20km from the south coast of France. There were some other Pygrus here including some very interesting species. Any suggestions as to its possible identity?

 

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