Thymelicus sylvestris
         
Small Skipper  
L'Hespérie de la houque  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Thymelicus sylvestris alt.422m - Var (France) - 31/05/2015
 
  2] male alt.220m. Males show a long and thin androconial patch on the forewing (arrow), which helps separate them from males of T.lineola - Var (France) - 08/06/2014  
       
       
   
3] male - Var (France) - 07/06/2012
 
  4] same specimen as 3], showing the brown underside of the end of the antenna clubs  
       
       
   
5] male alt.1500m - Savoie (France) - 13/07/2014   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male alt.1500m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 11/07/2013   8] male alt.1500m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 01/07/2018  
       
       
   
9] male - Var (France) - 29/05/2014   10] other male - Var (France) - 29/05/2014  
       
       
   
11] male alt.200m - Lot (France) - 14/06/2020   12] other male alt.200m - Lot (France) - 14/06/2020  
       
       
   
13] other male - Var (France) - 03/06/2011   14] close-up of the antenna club of the male from picture 13]  
       
       
   
15] male - Var (France) - 16/06/2013   16] same specimen as 15]  
       
       
   
17] male - Doubs (France) - 25/06/2008   18] same specimen as 17]  
       
       
   
19] male - Var (France) - 03/06/2011   20] male - Var (France) - 04/06/2011  
       
       
   
21] male alt.1680m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012   22] same specimen as 21]  
       
       
   
23] female of Thymelicus sylvestris - Var (France) - 07/06/2012
 
  24] same specimen as 23]
 
 
       
       
   
25] female - Var (France) 05/06/2014   26] female - Var (France) - 03/06/2011  
       
       
   
27] same specimen as 26]   28] same specimen as 26]  
       
       
   
29] same specimen as 26]   30] same specimen as 26]  
       
       
   
31] other female - Var (France) - 03/06/2011   32] female - Doubs (France) - 28/06/2009  
       
       
   
33] same specimen as 32]   34] same specimen as 32]  
       
       
   
35] female - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2013   36] same specimen as 35]  
       
       
   
37] mating pair (female on the left) alt.1558m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 11/07/2020   38] close-up of the female from picture 37], showing the typical antenna clubs of this species  
       
       
       
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