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Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly (Hesperia comma) Just when you think you know most of the best nature sites in your locality, but you stumble across a new one which then turns out to have one of the rarest butterflies in the UK looking back at you, you know you&#039;ve had a great day!<br /> <br /> <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OkrUXL9VEzM?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> Common branded skipper,Geotagged,Hesperia comma,Summer,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly (Hesperia comma)

Just when you think you know most of the best nature sites in your locality, but you stumble across a new one which then turns out to have one of the rarest butterflies in the UK looking back at you, you know you've had a great day!

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Rare always seems to find you, love it! Posted 3 years ago
  2. View Philip Booker's profile
    Philip Booker
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    In the last few months certainly.

    I may have one or two still to process?

     Posted 3 years ago

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The Common Branded Skipper

"Hesperia comma", the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is also known as the common branded skipper or Holarctic grass skipper in North America, where the butterfly "Epargyreus clarus", a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "silver-spotted skipper".

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Philip Booker
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By Philip Booker

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Uploaded Oct 18, 2021. Captured Aug 1, 2021 15:46 in 1 Home Farm Rd, Brighton BN2 4HN, UK.
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  • DSC-RX10M4
  • f/4.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO100
  • 189.74mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.