Mallow skipper
The mallow skipper is a small pinkish brown butterfly with square brown marks and tiny see-through windows on its front wings. The edge of its back wing is wavy, like little teeth. It loves warm, dry, sunny places with mallow flowers.
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Fun facts
Its eggs look prickly and turn red as they develop.
Its caterpillar is dark grey with little white dots and short white hairs.
Its name alceae comes from mallow plants, which were named after an ancient Greek poet.
It is spreading north into new parts of central Europe.
Most asked questions about Mallow skipper
?What does the mallow skipper eat?
Its caterpillar eats mallow plants.
?How big is the mallow skipper?
Its wings are about 2.8 to 3.2 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Carcharodus alceae
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Carcharodus alceae (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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