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Spialia orbifer
the Orbed Red-underwing Skipper or Hungarian Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from south-eastern Europe and temperate Asia to Korea. The habitat consists of steppe on plains and grassy slopes in the mountains. The wingspan is 24-28 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in one or two generations per year.
Hesperiidae, Pyrginae, closest guess is Spialia orbifer. Tricky one. I don't think it is a Pyrgus sp., Spialia orbifer is a typical Southeastern skipper, also called Hungarian Skipper. It is very similar to Spialia sertorius, but this would be "replaced" by Spialia orbifer in the Balcan area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spialia_orb...
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_p...
Do you have any other picture? They are also not easy to catch, very nervous ones...
Please, verify!
I think Madalena is right with skipper, and I think one of the grizzled skipper forms but I think this may be one for bayucca to look at for the verified name :-)
i don't know, but maybe this will get attention ;) nice butterfly though, is it a skipper?
Spotted on Aug 2, 2013
Submitted on Aug 2, 2013
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