Dingy skipper - Erynnis tages

Upperside  

Family: Hesperiidae.

Flight Time: April - June (bivoltine in the south)

Size: 26-28mm

Altitude: 50-2000m

Instantly recognisable the only source of confusion is with a day-flying moth.

 

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Diverse, meadows.

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