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Parnara guttata Bremeret Grey, Rice skipper butterfly, A butterfly is on the flower

Large Skipper butterfly on Oregano flower.

$Appearance:\nIt has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below and it has a wingspan of 25–30 mm. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to the Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola). In the small skipper, the undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange, whereas they are black in the Essex skipper. The black area on the lower edge of the upper wings also differs. Like the other orange grass skippers the male has a distinctive black stripe made up of scent scales.\n\nLife cycle and food plants:\nEggs are laid loosely inside grass sheaths of the caterpillars food plants from July to August. The newly hatched caterpillars eat their own eggshell before entering hibernation individually in a protective cocoon of a grass sheath sealed with silk. In the spring the caterpillar begins feeding. The favoured food plant is Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), although other recorded food plants include timothy (Phleum pratense), creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis), false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) and cock's foot (Dactylis glomerata). The caterpillars pupate near the base of the food plant in June with the first adults on the wing at the end of June, a week or two before the first Essex skippers. They are strongly attracted to purple flowers such as thistles and knapweeds.\n\nDistribution:\nThis butterfly's range includes much of Europe (east to the Urals, including Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia, and includes north Africa and the Middle East. It is typically occurring where grass has grown tall.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

Essex skipper or European skipper butterfly - Thymelicus lineola sucks with its trunk nectar from a Carthusian pink blossom - Dianthus carthusianorum

Also known as Trapezites Symmomus Rush-skipper and Splendid Ochre, perched on white flowers

Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Hesperiidae butterfly and purple globe amaranth

$The chequered skipper or arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon), not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This butterfly can live in grasslands. The upperside of the butterfly is brown with orange spots and on its underside the chequered skipper is orange with brown spots. Chequered skippers are found in Great Britain and other European regions, but seen locally in Japan and in North America. The size of the chequered skipper ranges from 19 to 32 mm with females being larger. In the 1970s, the chequered skipper went extinct in England due to the new management of the woodlands.\nDescription:\nThis butterfly has a wingspan of 29 to 31 mm. The uppersides of chequered skippers are dark brown with orange scales at the base of the wings and golden spots, giving it its English name of chequered skipper. The basic pattern on the underside is similar but the forewings are orange with dark spots, and the hindwings are russet with cream spots rimmed in black. The sexes are similar although females are generally slightly larger.\nHabitat:\nThough the chequered skipper is a woodland butterfly it can also be found in bogs, at the edges of streams, and at grassy forest openings . Chequered skippers can breed in open grasslands in Scotland. In woodland areas the breeding sites happen at the edges of rivers and the bottom of slopes. Though there is a small range in the areas the butterfly can live in, these areas tend to have a smaller range in seasonal and temperature range. The presence of the M. caerulea is really important in determining habitat in Scotland and in England the Bromus is essential. In North America, chequered skippers can be found around forest trails, forest edges, and open grassy areas. Even though the chequered skipper goes by arctic skipper it does not live in Arctic areas (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

a macro photo of potanthus niobe a kind of skipper butterfly that are endemic in the Philippines

An Hobomok Skipper butterfly pauses on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.

A butterfly sits on a red clover (Trifolium pratense) in bloom on the swedish countryside.

Rust colored skipper butterfly on a flower

A beautiful purple butterfly sits on a red purple flower. Beautiful summer natural background. Macro photograph of an insect.

A vibrant skipper butterfly rests on a cluster of bright pink flowers, its golden-brown wings delicately perched against the vivid blossoms. The butterfly’s large, dark eyes and fuzzy body are in sharp focus, contrasting beautifully with the intricate texture and rich color of the petals. Bathed in soft, natural light, the close-up captures the fine details of the skipper’s wings and antennae, highlighting the delicate relationship between pollinators and wildflowers in a serene garden setting

Macro photography of one animal in selective focus, young Cydalima Perspectalis beautiful insect, also called Pyrale du Buis in French or boxwood butterfly, taken in august on red valerian pink flowers, plant in summer season. This young butterfly is shiny, gold colored with sunlight.

Moth (probably a Six-spot Burnet) with red and black wings feeding on a Seat hrift flower in Pentire, Newquay, Cornwall on a June day.

gossamer-winged butterfly, A butterfly is gathering honey

Silver-spotted skipper forages a butterfly shrub.

Small Skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) eating nectar of the sweet William flower (Dianthus barbatus)

European skipper (Thymelicus lineola) on red clover (Trifolium pratense) in springtime.

A swallowtail butterfly resting on a pink pentas

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