Dusky grizzled skipper - Pyrgus cacaliae

	Family: Hesperiidae Flight Time: June - August Size: 26 - 30mm Altitude: 1800 - 2800m
As Grizzled skippers go, this ones quite easy to identify. Scanty white markings on the forewing and almost no markings on the hindwing are fairly characteristic. It is also reasonably large in size. Flies together with the Alpine grizzled skipper at higher altitudes in the Alps. Photo taken in Valais, Switzerland.

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