Photo © Pete Eeles
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Checklist Number57.004 [B&F: 1525]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: | Carterocephalus |
| Species: | palaemon |
| Authority: | (Pallas, 1771) |
An endangered Red Data Book species, in damp grassland and woodland edges; 300-700 m (200-1600 m in Europe) in parts of Argyll and Inverness-shire; central Europe and Fennoscandia. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 29-31 mm. Larva feeds on Purple Moor-grass, False-brome and Tor-grass.