Large chequered skipper

Large chequered skipper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genus: Heteropterus
Duméril, 1806
Species:
H. morpheus
Binomial name
Heteropterus morpheus
(Pallas, 1771)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio morpheus Pallas, 1771
  • Papilio steropes Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Papilio speculum Rottemburg, 1775
  • Papilio aracinthus Fabricius, 1777

The large chequered skipper (Heteropterus morpheus) is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. 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.

  1. ^ Heteropterus at funet.fi