Small photograph of a Silver-spotted Skipper Click on the image to enlarge
Female
Aston Rowant. 26 Aug 2012
Small photograph of a Silver-spotted Skipper Click on the image to enlarge
Male
Aston Rowant. 26 Aug 2012
Small photograph of a Silver-spotted Skipper Click on the image to enlarge
Male
Aston Rowant. 26 Aug 2012
Small photograph of a Silver-spotted Skipper Click on the image to enlarge
Female
Aston Rowant. 26 Aug 2012
Silver-spotted Skipper Click on image to enlarge
Female
Aston Rowant. 18 Aug 2013
Silver-spotted Skipper Click on image to enlarge
Aston Rowant. 18 Aug 2013

The Silver-spotted Skipper, Hesperia comma

There is a single brood, flying in August and September.

The larval food plant is Sheep's Fescue.

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External links to the Silver-spotted Skipper pages at: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles
Search menu at Cockayne database for forms and aberrations

Link to research paper on habitat: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02098.x/pdf

Personal sightings:

26 Aug 2012. Beacon Hill, Aston Rowant. c.8 Silver-spotted Skippers.
18 Aug 2013. Beacon Hill, Aston Rowant. Many Silver-spotted Skippers, some with greenish underwings, others more faded.

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