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Spialia orbifer

Orbed Red-underwing Skipper

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Macedonia, N Greece, May 2004

 

Pelopennesos, Greece, June 2002

 

Pelopennesos, Greece, June 2002
 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

 

This replaces the very similar Red Underwing Skipper, S. sertorius, from Slovenia to the Czech Republic and eastwards down to Greece. It also flies on Sicily. Its underside markings are more rounded (orb shaped!) than sertorius presumably giving it its scientific and English names.

It flies very fast and low in hot places and usually rests on hot rocks and pebbles in full sunshine.

 

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