Large Skipper - Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Netherlands
This next photo is on the same day, but a different individual:
It shows an identification key that is important to exclude a few similar looking candidates: it has black tufts at the end of the antennae, which are sometimes not visible in a side view.
The Large Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family, which occurs throughout Europe. It was long known as ''Ochlodes venata'', but this is a Far Eastern relative. There is still some dispute whether this species should be considered a distinct species or included in ''O. venata'' as a subspecies.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Sep 19, 2020. Captured Jun 23, 2020 09:56.
