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Dingy Skipper
Erynnis tages
Checklist Number57.001 [B&F: 1532]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Genus: | Erynnis |
| Species: | tages |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
A vulnerable Red Data Book species, in sand-dunes, rough grassland, chalk downland, limestone pavements, heaths and rough ground; 50-400 m (50-2000 m in Europe) in parts of the British Isles, more numerous in the south; mainland Europe and Scandinavia. In Hampshire common at Noar Hill and Martin Down and present elsewhere in the county and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 26-28 mm. Larva feeds on Bird's-foot Trefoil and Horseshoe Vetch.