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Dingy Skipper

Erynnis tages

Checklist Number
57.001 [B&F: 1532]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Hesperiidae
Subfamily:Pyrginae
Genus:Erynnis
Species:tages
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

A vulnerable Red Data Book species, in sand-dunes, rough grassland, chalk downland, limestone pavements, heaths and rough ground; 50-400 m (50-2000 m in Europe) in parts of the British Isles, more numerous in the south; mainland Europe and Scandinavia. In Hampshire common at Noar Hill and Martin Down and present elsewhere in the county and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 26-28 mm. Larva feeds on Bird's-foot Trefoil and Horseshoe Vetch.