Family Hesperiidae, 'Skippers'
Updated 11 June 2019
Pyrgus malvae
Grizzled Skipper, Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England, 2 June 2013Pyrgus malvae
Grizzled Skipper, a freshly emerged male and the earliest recorded for the year, seen at Steps Hill, near Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England on 20 April 2016Pyrgus malvae
Grizzled Skipper, Tahtvere Bog, Tartu, Estonia, 9 June 2012Pyrgus alveus
Large Grizzled Skipper, Komnina, Rhodopi, Greece, 7 July 2013Pyrgus alveus
Large Grizzled Skipper, Komnina, Rhodopi, Greece, 7 July 2013Pyrgus alveus
Large Grizzled Skipper. Diva Slatina, N W Bulgaria, 219 July 2018Pyrgus alveus
Large Grizzled Skipper, Diva Slatina, N W Bulgaria, 19 July 2018Pyrgus armoricanus
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper, Fundana Villas, Paleokastritsa, Corfu, 30 May 2019Pyrgus armoricanus
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper, the same insect as shown in the previous photoPyrgus armoricanus
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper, Pelister National Park, Macedonia, 15 July 2015Pyrgus armoricanus
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper, male, Col d'Ares, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, France, 27 August 2016Pyrgus warrenensis
Warren's Skipper, near Curtinatseh, Val Bernina, Switzerland, 21 July 2008Pyrgus warrenensis
Warren's Skipper, near Curtinatseh, Val Bernina, Switzerland, 21 July 2008Pyrgus serratulae
Olive Skipper, Komnina, Rhodopi, Greece, 7 July 2013Pyrgus serratulae
Olive Skipper, Col d'Ares, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, France, 2 September 2016Pyrgus cirsii
Cinquefoil Skipper, female, Col d'Ares, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, France, 2 September 2016Pyrgus onopordi
Rosy Grizzled Skipper, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, Morocco, 17 April 2007Pyrgus onopordi
Rosy Grizzled Skipper, near Can Parterre, Tech valley, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, France, 25 August 2016Pyrgus cinarae
Sandy Grizzled Skipper, Micromillia, Rhodopi, Greece, 10 July 2013Pyrgus cinarae
Sandy Grizzled Skipper, Mount Orvilos, Rhodopi, Greece, 11 July 2013Pyrgus cinarae
Sandy Grizzled Skipper, Mount Phalakron, Rhodopi, Greece, 13 July 2013Pyrgus carthami
Safflower Skipper, Bescaran, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 18 July 2012Pyrgus sidae
Yellow-banded Skipper, Skiti, Kozani, Greece, 21 May 2019Pyrgus sidae
Yellow-banded Skipper, Skiti, Kozani, Greece, 21 May 2019Pyrgus sidae
Yellow-banded Skipper, Karahmet, Yaylalar, Kascar, Turkey, 13 July 2009Pyrgus sidae
the same insect as in the previous photoPyrgus sidae
Yellow-banded Skipper, Galicica, Macedonia, 17 July 2015Pyrgus cacaliae
Dusky Grizzled Skipper, Mount Mangart, Julian Alps, Slovenia, 1 August 2010Spialia sertorius
Red Underwing Skipper, Espinama, Picos de Europa, Spain, 10 July 2014Spialia orbifer
Orbed Red-underwing Skipper, Lygheri, Kozani, Greece, 22 May 2019Muschampia proto
Sage Skipper, taking evening nectar from the blossom of Vitex agnus-castus, the Chaste Tree, on the Ionian Island of Kastos, Greece, 31 July 2016Muschampia proto
Sage Skipper, Kastos, Ionian Islands, Greece, 31 July 2016Carcharodus alceae
Mallow skipper, Lygheri, Kozani, Greece, 21 May 2019Carcharodus alceae
Mallow Skipper, Nestos Dam, Rhodopi, Greece, 6 July 2013Carchodus alcaea
Mallow Skipper, Patara, Lycian Way, Turkey, 11 May 2011Carchodus alcaea
Mallow Skipper, Patara, Turkey, 11 May 2011Carcharodus alceae
Mallow Skipper, Patara, Antalya, Turkey, 11 May 2011Carcharodus tripolinus
False Mallow Skipper, Ouirgane, High Atlas, Morocco, 19 April 2007Carcharodus tripolinus
False Mallow Skipper, Ouirgane, High Atlas, Morocco, 19 April 2007Carcharodus lavatherae
Marbled Skipper, Thermia, Nestos Dam,Rhodopi, Greece, 6 July 2013
Carcharodus boeticus
Southern Marbled Skipper, Sierra de Valdecabras, Cuenca, Spain, 1 July 2011Carcharodus orientalis
Oriental Marbled Skipper, Pelister National Park, Macedonia, 15 July 2015Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Skiti, Kozani, Greece, 21 May 2019Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Aegviidu Polygon, S E Tallinn, Estonia, 12 June 2012Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England, 2 June 2013Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Nestos Dam, Rhodopi, Greece, 6 July 2013Erynnis tages
Dingy Skippers, Komnina, Rhodopi, Greece, 7 July 2013Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, 11 May 2015Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Pelister National Park, Macedonia, 15 July 2015Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire, England, 8 May 2016. Note the particularly sharp/pointed forewing apex, something that I hadn't really observed previously before taking this shotShow More