Warren's Skipper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warren's Skipper |
||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928) |
Warren's Skipper (Pyrgus warrenensis) is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is a strictly Alpine species.
This is a small skipper (wingspan 18-24 mm) with tiny white markings on dark brown wings. Very little is known about the ecology of this species and the larval food plant is unknown.
[edit] References
- Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0