| Ochlodes sylvanus | (Esper, [1777]) |
TL: Germany (3000 m.)
This specie has a difference between male and female, and so, you can differentiate the both. The male has a little black line on the wings and the female doesn't have these lines, so, it is quite simple to differentiate them easily.
 | The imago is flying quite fast in the fields and around the hedges. |
 | The egg is white and it has a hemisphere form. |
Habitat
- Glades
Similar species
26-32 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
CatalàDard ros 
ČeskySoumračník rezavý 
DanskStor bredpande 
DeutschRostfarbiger Dickkopffalter 
Eesti keelNiidupunnpea 
EnglishLarge Skipper 
EspañolDorada orla ancha 
FrançaisSylvaine 
HrvatskiŠareni debeloglavac 
LietuviųMiškinis storgalvis 
MagyarErdei busalepke 
NederlandsGroot dikkopje 
NorskEngsmyger 
PolskiKarłątek kniejnik 
ShqipKuqaloshja njollakatrore 
SlovenčinaSúmračník hrdzavý 
SrpskiRiđi skelar 
SuomeksiPiippopaksupää 
SvenskaÄngssmygare 
TürkçeOrman Zýpzýpý 
ΕλληνικάΜεγάλη δασική εσπερίδα 
РусскийТолстоголовка лесовик РусскийТолстоголовка фавн
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Agrostis capillaris Common Bent Poaceae Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail Poaceae Avenella flexuosa Wavy hair-grass Poaceae Brachypodium pinnatum Tor-grass Poaceae Calamagrostis epigeios Wood Small-reed Poaceae Calamagrostis purpurea Poaceae Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot Poaceae Elymus caninus Bearded couch Poaceae Molinia caerulea Purple Moor Grass Poaceae Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary-grass Poaceae Phleum pratense Timothy-grass Poaceae Phragmites australis Common Reed
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia sylvana Esper, 1777 Ochlodes faunus Turati, 1905
- Links
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Language Website Authors British Butterflies Steven Cheshire Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepidoptera Caucasi Валентин Тихонов Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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