Northern Grizzled Skipper

Northern Grizzled Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pyrgus
Species:	P. centaureae
Binomial name
Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839)

The Northern Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaureae) is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). This is a species of the mountainous regions of Scandinavia, flying in June and July.

While generally similar to most other Pyrgus species, this species has a greyer brown background colour with bold white spots on both the forewing and hindwing. Unlike most other Pyrgus species, the veins on the underside are obviously lined white.

One generation is produced per year, the larval food plant being Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus.

References

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

External links

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