Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae)
2011 photos highlighted in green. Click on any photo to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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| 16185_male_Var_17Jun09 | 16805_male_Alpes-Maritimes_27Jun09 | 5551_male_Var_16May07 |
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| 24730_female_Var_13May11 | 9812_female_Var_19Apr08 | 15554_pair_Var_29May09 |
| A small buzzy skipper, quite frequently encountered but rarely in more than ones and twos. It has a very appealing deep brown colouring when fresh. It is similar to the Tufted Marbled Skipper (C. flocciferus) (which in fact I believe is more similar to alceae than to the Marbled Skipper (C. lavatherae)), | although flocciferus is larger (this is obvious when you've seen them both) and has clear white marks in the discal area of the uph, and the ground colour is grey when fresh, often a dark slate grey. |
| ref | sex |
observations |
alt. m |
| 16185 | M |
quite a warm brown colouring. |
140 |
| 16805: | M |
very fresh, pristine. |
900 |
| 5551 | M |
typically rich brown colouring. |
185 |
| 24730 | F | a typical female. | 140 |
| 9812 | F |
a rather battered female. |
185 |
| 15554 | PR |
a mating pair, male above, as can be seen from the abdominal hair tuft. |
185 |
16805_male_Alpes-Maritimes_27Jun09
