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Heteropterus morpheus (Large Chequered Skipper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The large chequered skipper (Heteropterus morpheus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is the single member of the monotypic genus Heteropterus. The species can be found in isolated populations in Europe and east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Korea. It is endangered in the Netherlands. The length of the forewings is 15–18 mm. The butterfly is on the wing from June to August, depending on the location. The larvae feed on Eriophorum, Poa annua, Calamagrostis canescens, Brachypodium and Molinia species (including Molinia coerulea).
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Brachypodium sylvaticum (slender false brome)[1]
Calamagrostis canescens (purple smallreed)[2]
Molinia arundinacea (purple moorgrass)[1]
Phragmites australis (common reed)[1]
Poa annua (annual blue grass)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)1
Coenonympha tullia (California ringlet)1
Netta rufina (Red-crested Pochard)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0