Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
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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| 05_04-34_male_Hants, UK_1May05 | 26315_female_Alpes-Maritimes_04Jul11 | 10071_sex?_Var_26Apr08 |
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| 18983_male_Lot-et-Garonne_23Aug09 | 01_10-08_male_Var_Jun01 | 21383_male_Alpes-Maritimes_3Jul10 |
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A butterfly that lives up to its name when old and worn but can be quite nicely marked when fresh. It can easily be mistaken for a moth, and indeed many day-flying moths are more brightly marked and butterfly-like than |
tages. The sexes are not easy to tell apart, but size (the female is larger) is a good indicator and the female is more strongly marked especially with a series of upf white marginal dots. |
| ref | sex |
observations |
alt. m |
| 05_04-34 | M |
a nicely-marked male, from the south of the UK. |
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| 26315 | F | a very fresh dark female. | 600 |
| 10071 | M? | a male perhaps, based on body length and shape, but the series of upf/uph marginal dots suggests female. | 780 |
| 18983 | M |
a male underside, quite a light brown, I feel, but the underside is so rarely seen so it is hard to say whether this is untypical. |
80 |
| 01_10-08 | M |
a view of the underside showing that it lives up to its name on both surfaces. |
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| 21383 | M |
the shape of the end of the abdomen suggests that this is a male. |
1320 |
05_04-34_male_Hants, UK_1May05
26315_female_Alpes-Maritimes_04Jul11
18983_male_Lot-et-Garonne_23Aug09
21383_male_Alpes-Maritimes_3Jul10
