(Esper, 1784)
Yellow-banded Skipper
Description:
The yellow and white bands on the underside of its hindwing make the Yellow-banded Skipper unmistakable. These skippers can be found on flower-rich grasslands, flower-rich stony slopes in gullies, and in open scrub. The butterflies fly slowly, close to the ground. Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta), Potentilla hirta, and perhaps also Abutilon theophrasti are used as larval food plants.
It hibernates as a caterpillar and has one brood a year.
Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Similar species:
Unmistakable