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A close up picture of a clouded skipper butterfly on a firewheel flower

A dusky metalmark butterfly pauses on a leaf in the forest. of Guatemala highland.

A closeup of a Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) on a yellow flower

Perched on a leaf, a roadside skipper butterfly suns himself in the morning sun in Deer Creek Canyon, Littleton, Colorado.

Juvenal's duskywing skipper (Erynnis juvenalis) on a swamp dewberry (Rubus hispidus) flower

Araschnia levana Map Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

A vibrant Mormon fritillary butterfly rests atop yellow flowers, feeding on nectar, with its orange wings contrasting beautifully against the greens and yellows of the Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape.

A close up picture of a brown skipper butterfly sitting on a small white flower with its wings spread to show the underside.

Common Zebra Blue (Leptotes pirithous) Butterfly Feding on Mentha Plant

Hesperia comma, brown Skipper butterfly, viewed from above with the wings spread out and blurred background, close-up on insect with copy-space

Found in Britain and Ireland but becoming increasingly rare. Grey-brown wings with mottled brown markings and two rows of small white spots.

Common Blue Butterfly / Latin species name: Polyommatus icarus

An Hobomok Skipper butterfly pauses on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.

A wild green and red lizard sitting on a patch of mulch surrounded by green plants.

$Pyrgus malvae, the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper (butterfly) with a chequered pattern on its wings that appears to be black and white. This butterfly can be found throughout Europe and is common in central and southern regions of England. The butterfly prefers three major types of habitat: woodland, grassland, and industrial. Eggs are laid on plants that will provide warmth and proper nutrition for development, such as A. euphoria. As larvae, their movement is usually restricted to a single plant, on which they will build tents, unless they move onto a second host plant. Larvae then spin cocoons, usually on the last host plant they have occupied, where they remain until spring. Upon emerging as adult butterflies, grizzled skippers are quite active during the day and tend to favour blue or violet-coloured plants for food. They also possess multiple methods of communication; for example, vibrations are used to communicate with ants, and chemical secretions play a role in mating. Exhibiting territorial behaviour, males apply perching and patrolling strategies to mate with a desired female.\nHabitat: \nAlthough grizzled skippers occupy three major forms of habitats, they tend to settle in environments with spring nectar plants, larval food plants (agrimony, creeping cinquefoil, wild strawberry, tormentil), ranker vegetation, and edges with scrub or woodland. Host plants are from the family Rosaceae with a focus on Agrimonia eupatoria as well as Potentilla. \nFlight Season: \nGrizzled skippers produce one brood per season and are in flight from the middle of March to the middle of July. \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$