Yellow-banded Skipper

Yellow-banded Skipper

Taxobox
name = Yellow-banded Skipper
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Hesperioidea
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Pyrginae
genus = "Pyrgus"
species = "P. sidae"
binomial = "Pyrgus sidae"
binomial_authority = (Esper, 1784)The Yellow-banded Skipper ("Pyrgus sidae") is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found in southern and eastern Europe.

"Pyrgus" species are usually difficult to separate in the field but "P. sidae" is a notable exception. It is the largest member of the genus found in Europe with a wingspan of 32-38 mm and can be instantly recognized by two bold black-edged yellow bands on the underside of the hindwings. The dark brown upper forewings are also boldly marked with numerous large white spots. The adults fly in June and July.

The larval food plant is "Abutilon avicennae".

External links

* [http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/sidae.htm Yellow-banded Skipper at eurobutterflies.com]
* [http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution.php Fauna Europaea]

References

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


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