Carcharodus tripolinus
Carcharodus tripolinus montado de azinhopseudo-estepediurnonão avaliado
False Mallow Skipper

 

ORDER: Lepidoptera
FAMILY: Hesperiidae
WINGSPAN: 24-34 mm

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

CHARACTERISTICS: when perched, wings have a triangular form and are not larger than the abdomen; dark variegated pattern (black, white and dark-brown and reddish) paler in females; dark body with filiform flat-tipped antennae.
DEVELOPMENT: indirect.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: present only in the centre and south of the country, where it is frequent; feeds on short plants (eg. mallows, hollyhocks, hibiscus); can be observed from March to December on the edge of cultivated fields, uncultivated fields and grasslands.

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