Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)

A small meadow butterfly with orange and dark brown upper-wings and buff under-wings. Active and fast flying the small skipper can quickly appear and disappear from view.

The Small Skipper is almost identical to the Essex skipper, and both species often share the same habitat.

Where

Common across southern England and Wales.

Habitat

Meadows and rough grassland with include grasses such as Yorkshre-fog and Meadow Foxtail.