Large Skipper

base stats

• NL sightings 830iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 54,026iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 830 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
• 🌍54,026 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1777 (249 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Large Skipper

Nederlands

Groot dikkopje

scientific name

Ochlodes sylvanus

class

Insecta

order

Lepidoptera

family

Hesperiidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

830

sightings in Europe

46,934

sightings worldwide

54,026

GBIF records in NL

0

weight

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length

—

lifespan

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named

1777 by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.