#2799 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dingy Skipper

🇳🇱 Bruin Dikkopje ·Erynnis tages

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ian Boyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © daniel_ferreira · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © brudermann · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ernesto Cavallini · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © shirdipam · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © praposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Maastricht, Limburg, NL:© rodha · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Buitenwijk Southwest, Maastricht, Limburg, NL:© Katharine Khamhaengwong · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The dingy skipper ( Erynnis tages ) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It ranges from Europe across Asia Minor and Central Asia to the Amur region. Erynnis tages favours open grassy habitats up to 2,000 metres above sea level. The insect flies in two generations from May–June and July–August but in northern regions and at the high altitudes, there is only a single generation. Larval host plants in Europe are Eryngium , Lotus , Coronilla , Medicago , Hippocrepis etc....

base stats

NL sightings 43iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,318iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).