Large Chequered Skipper

Large Chequered Skipper

Taxobox
name = Large Chequered Skipper



image_width = 300px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Hesperioidea
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Heteropterinae
genus = "Heteropterus"
species = "H. morpheus"
binomial = "Heteropterus morpheus"
binomial_authority = (Pallas, 1771)
The Large Chequered Skipper ("Heteropterus morpheus") is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. The species can be found in isolated populations in Europe. It is endanged in The Netherlands.

The length of the forewings is 15-18 mm. The moths fly from June to August depending on the location.


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