TL: Europe, Alps (1000 - 2800 m.)
Habitat
- Alpine meadows
- Mountain pastures
Similar species
24-28 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
DeutschOckerfarbiger Würfel-Dickkopffalter DeutschSüdwestalpen-Würfeldickkopf 
EnglishCarline Skipper 
FrançaisHespérie de la carline FrançaisHespérie de la parcinière 
ItalianoPirgo della carlina 
MagyarAlpesi busalepke 
NederlandsWestelijk spikkeldikkopje 
PolskiPowszelatek dziwięćsiłowiec 
TürkçeBeşparmakotu Zıpzıpı
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cistaceae Helianthemum nummularium Common Rockrose Rosaceae Potentilla grandiflora Rosaceae Potentilla neumanniana Rosaceae Potentilla pusilla
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia carlinae Rambur, 1839
- Links
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Language Website Authors European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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