chequered skipper

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chequered skipper

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A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae

  • This summer the chequered skipper, which became extinct in England in 1977, is being returned to the forest of Rockingham in Northamptonshire via specimens from Belgium.2018 April 7, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:

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