(Eversmann, 1841)
Spinose Skipper
Description:
The Spinose Skipper is a butterfly that likes warm, dry places. It is especially fond of dry flower-rich grassland with scattered bushes. It uses various cinquefoils (Potentilla spp.) as larval food plant.
It has one generation a year, and passes the winter as a caterpillar.
Habitat:
Dry siliceous grasslands
Dry calcareous grasslands
Phrygana vegetation
Similar species:
Muschampia tessellum
Muschampia proto
Pyrgus carthami
Pyrgus cinarae