Image to followAI-generated illustrationThymelicus sylvestris
Thymelicus sylvestris
Family: HesperiidaeGenus: Thymelicusnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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152
Plants
visited
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202
Interactions
documented
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9
Host plants
known
About this species
A small skipper butterfly recorded in Britain. It has a single generation each year, with adults on the wing from June to August. The species overwinters as a larva and the caterpillars feed on a limited range of grasses.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
Univoltine; adults fly in June, July and August. The species overwinters as a larva.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Thymelicus sylvestris is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Its presence in Britain is recorded in the United Kingdom Species Inventory. The species is univoltine, producing one generation per year. Adults are active between June and August. The food specialisation is oligophagous, and the overwintering stage is the larva.
Host plants
9 plants serve as food for the larvae
Holcus lanatusDactylis glomerataHolcus mollisPhleum pratenseBrachypodium sylvaticumAlopecurus pratensisBrachypodium sylvaticumBrachypodium phoenicoidesPhleum pratense subsp. pratense
Visited plants
143 plants are visited by this species
Limonium vulgareTrifolium campestreDactylorhiza majalis subsp. majalisdactylorhiza maculataAchillea millefolium var. collinaLathyrus pratensisBistorta officinalisLeontodon hispidusPetrosedum rupestreMatricaria chamomillaJacobaea vulgarisAconitum napellus subsp. lobeliiVicia fabaMedicago lupulinaGeranium robertianum var. maritimumAtriplex patulaHypericum calycinumMentha arvensisSilene flos-cuculiHypericum maculatumHypericum pulchrumGeranium dissectumPersicaria maculosaAnacamptis pyramidalisRanunculus repensIberis amaraCentaurium erythraeaInula heleniumCirsium dissectumAllium schoenoprasumSolidago canadensisCarduus crispusPilosella officinarumCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareDipsacus fullonumBallota nigra subsp. nigraVicia villosa subsp. villosaRubus fruticosusHypericum perforatum var. latifoliumVicia craccaCirsium arvenseCirsium tuberosumRanunculus linguaMentha spicataCirsium palustreEupatorium cannabinumFilipendula ulmariaCentranthus ruberGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumHeracleum sphondylium
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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