Carcharodus flocciferus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Carcharodus |
| Species: | C. flocciferus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carcharodus flocciferus (Zeller, 1847) | |
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The Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus flocciferus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern and central Europe, north to central Germany and east to Macedonia and Bulgaria. It is also found in Spain, Portugal, Corsica, Sardinia and uncommonly in northern and western France
The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June or July to September in two generations. On higher altitudes there is only one generation from June to August.
The larvae feed on Stachys and Marrubium species.