#2679 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Small Skipper
🇳🇱 Geelsprietdikkopje ·Thymelicus sylvestris
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what is it?
The small skipper ( Thymelicus sylvestris ) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.
base stats
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 73 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 21,010 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Small Skipper
- Nederlands
- Geelsprietdikkopje
- scientific name
- Thymelicus sylvestris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Hesperiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 73
- sightings in Europe
- 12,257
- sightings worldwide
- 21,010
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761 by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Hesperiidae
#2410 📷 7Large Skipper
🇳🇱 Groot dikkopje
Ochlodes sylvanus
LC 👀 830 in NL
#2469 📷 10Essex Skipper
🇳🇱 Zwartsprietdikkopje
Thymelicus lineola
LC 👀 342 in NL
#2666 📷 10Large Chequered Skipper
🇳🇱 Spiegeldikkopje
Heteropterus morpheus
LC 👀 79 in NL
#2667 📷 10Chequered Skipper
🇳🇱 Bont dikkopje
Carterocephalus palaemon
LC 👀 78 in NL
#2752 📷 8Mallow Skipper
🇳🇱 Kaasjeskruiddikkopje
Carcharodus alceae
👀 53 in NL
#2767 📷 10Common Branded Skipper
🇳🇱 Kommavlinder
Hesperia comma
LC 👀 50 in NL
#2797 📷 8Grizzled Skipper
🇳🇱 Aardbeivlinder
Pyrgus malvae
LC 👀 44 in NL
#2799 📷 10Dingy Skipper
🇳🇱 Bruin Dikkopje
Erynnis tages
LC 👀 43 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 128544, Wikidata Q901535, GBIF 1944022, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.