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Heteropterus morpheus

Large Chequered Skipper

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SE Czech Republic, June 2001

 

NW Italy, June 2003

 

The most spectacular Skipper by a long way. It is called the Mirror in France and those oval shapes could conceivably be beads of condensation on a mirror. It has a characteristic bobbing flight. Coupled with the very dark uppersides it is distinctive in flight. It is a central European butterfly where I've found it in NW France, N Italy and Slovakia. I've only ever found a couple of examples in any one place so I assume it is of fairly low density even in its colonies.

 

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