Carcharodus tripolinus
Species of butterfly
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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Carcharodus |
| Species: | C. tripolinus
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| Carcharodus tripolinus (Verity, 1925)
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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.
External links
- Butterfly Guide
- European Butterflies
- Lepiforum.deError: "Q3134728" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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