Sandy Grizzled Skipper

Taxobox
name = Sandy Grizzled Skipper
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Hesperioidea
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Pyrginae
genus = "Pyrgus"
species = "P. cinarae"
binomial = "Pyrgus cinarae"
binomial_authority = (Rambur, 1839)The Sandy Grizzled Skipper ("Pyrgus cinarae") is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It has a restricted range in southeastern Europe with a small relict population in central Spain.

As with many "Pyrgus" species, this can be difficult to identify in the field. It is quite large for the genus (wingspan 30-32 mm) and the underside of the hindwings are usually paler olive-brown than most of its congeners with large white markings but identification generally requires close scrutiny in the hand. The adults are usually seen flying in June but very little else is known about the ecology of this species and the larval food plant is unknown.

External links

* [http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/skippers/skip7.htm Sandy Grizzled Skipper at butterfly-guide.co.uk]

References

*Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0