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Oberthurs Grizzled Skipper - imago - Pirin, Bulgaria - 07-Jul-07
Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus armoricanus
Oberthür, 1910
Ref: 1535
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Genus: Pyrgus
Subgenus:  
Species: armoricanus
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Oberthurs Grizzled Skipper - imago - Pirin, Bulgaria - 07-Jul-07
Male
Oberthurs Grizzled Skipper - imago - Spain - 08-Jul-08 [Andrew Burns]
Male Underside
Female
Female Underside

Introduction  

Several specimens were captured in Norfolk in 1860 during May and June. It is believed that they were accidentally introduced in plants that had been transported by ship from the continent.

Distribution  

This species is believed to have been introduced into the British Isles.

Annual Cycle  

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Habitat  

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Larval Foodplants  

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Nectar Sources  

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Imago  

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Oberthurs Grizzled Skipper - imago - Pirin, Bulgaria - 07-Jul-07
Photo © Pete Eeles
07-Jul-2007
Oberthurs Grizzled Skipper - imago - Spain - 08-Jul-08 [Andrew Burns]
Photo © Andrew Burns
08-Jul-2008

Aberrations  

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Ovum  

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Larva  

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Pupa  

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Similar Species  

No similar species found.

Videos  

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Sites  

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Conservation Status  

This species is considered to be an introduction and no conservation action is relevant.

Links  

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References  

The species description provided here has been derived from the author's own observations and the information contained in the following works:

  • A Natural History of British Butterflies, by F.W.Frohawk.
  • British and Irish Butterflies, by Adrian M. Riley
  • South's British Butterflies, by T.G.Howarth (which is based extensively on the classic work, "The Butterflies of the British Isles", by Richard South).
  • The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, by Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington.
  • The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland, by Jim Asher, Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Paul Harding, Gail Jeffcoate, Stephen Jeffcoate.
  • The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 7 (1) Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae (the Butterflies), by A. Maitland Emmet and John Heath (editors).
  • The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland, Richard Fox, Jim Asher, Tom Brereton, David Roy and Martin Warren.

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