#3039 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lulworth Skipper

🇳🇱 Dwergdikkopje ·Thymelicus acteon

NTnear threatened 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Eleftherios Katsillis · CC BY 4.0
2. © Eleftherios Katsillis · CC BY 4.0
3. © Eleftherios Katsillis · CC BY 4.0
4. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Rafi Amar · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Anna C · CC0
7. 83210 Solliès-Toucas, France:© Bernard Noguès · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 09292 Santa Olalla de Bureba, Burgos, España:© Felipe Hidalgo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Huesca, Spain:© A Lamberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rila, Kyustendil, BG:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Lulworth skipper ( Thymelicus acteon ) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English naturalist James Charles Dale.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,653iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,653 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by S. A. von Rottemburg in 1775 (251 years ago).