#2666 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Chequered Skipper

🇳🇱 Spiegeldikkopje ·Heteropterus morpheus

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Julia Moning · CC BY 4.0
2. © Julia Moning · CC BY 4.0
3. © Markus Dumke · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © AngelMar · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ospel, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. De Maasduinen:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ospel, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 6035 RB Ospel, Nederland:© msvanbakel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The large chequered skipper ( Heteropterus morpheus ) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is the single member of the monotypic genus Heteropterus . The species can be found in isolated populations in Europe and east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Korea. It is endangered in the Netherlands.

base stats

NL sightings 79iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,661iNaturalist 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).