Carcharodus tripolinus

Carcharodus tripolinus, the false mallow skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along a narrow strip along the coast of southern Portugal and Spain and across North Africa.

Carcharodus tripolinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Carcharodus
Species:
C. tripolinus
Binomial name
Carcharodus tripolinus
(Verity, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Carcharodus tripolina
  • Erynnis alceae tripolina Verity, 1925

The wingspan is 26–34 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September.

The larvae feed on Malva sylvestris. They have also been recorded on Althaea in Egypt.

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