Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Genus: Carcharodus
The tufted skipper is the largest representative of the genus Carcharodus. It can be distinguished from the oriental skipper by the slightly darker, brown-violet color of the upperside of the wings. The underside is slightly darker, with more clear white fields, but for the undoubted  identification it is necessary to extract the male genitalia. Males have hairs on the underside of the forwings by which they can be distinguished from the smaller and more common mellow skipper. They inhabit grasslands, mostly dry meadows, forest clearings and rocky slope habitats. The catterpillars develope mostly on plants from the genus: Stachys, also Malva, Leonorus and Marrubium. It can be found in southern and central Europe, from where its territory extends to the western parts of Mongolia. There are sightings from the whole country, but it is much more rare in Vojvodina and on lowlands.

Red Lists

Europe NT
Serbia LC
Number of observations per MGRS 10k field }}
MGRS 10k Field Number of Observations Present in literature
33TYH28 1 1
34TBP84 1 1
34TBP85 2 1
34TBP95 1 1
34TCN47 2 1
34TCN50 1 1
34TCP66 2 1
34TCP76 1
34TCP79 1 1
34TCQ52 1 1
34TCR90 4 1
34TCT80 1
34TDL83 9 1
34TDL94 2 1
34TDM57 1 1
34TDM67 7 1
34TDM72 1 1
34TDM96 2 1
34TDN07 1
34TDN08 1
34TDN09 1
34TDN18 1
34TDN19 3 1
34TDN25 1
34TDN44 2
34TDN60 3 1
34TDN67 2
34TDN69 2
34TDN86 2 1
34TDN89 1 1
34TDP22 1 1
34TDP45 1
34TDP57 2
34TDQ08 3 1
34TDQ10 3 1
34TDQ18 1 1
34TDQ55 5 1
34TDQ56 2 1
34TDQ64 3 1
34TDQ65 1 1
34TDQ66 1 1
34TDQ93 1 1
34TDR00 5 1
34TDR10 1 1
34TDR32 1 1
34TDR37 1 1
34TEL23 1 1
34TEL78 1 1
34TEM02 1 1
34TEM17 1 1
34TEM26 1 1
34TEM58 3
34TEM61 1 1
34TEM66 1 1
34TEM67 1 1
34TEM78 2
34TEM89 2
34TEM99 1
34TEN11 1 1
34TEN12 4 1
34TEN48 1 1
34TEN79 1
34TEN89 2 1
34TEN99 1
34TEP08 2 1
34TEP09 1 1
34TEP17 1 1
34TEP55 1
34TEP62 2
34TEP63 4
34TEP67 1
34TEP70 3
34TEP72 1
34TEP74 1 1
34TEP77 3 1
34TEP80 1
34TEP81 1
34TEP95 1 1
34TEP96 2 1
34TEP97 1 1
34TEP99 1 1
34TEQ03 1 1
34TEQ07 8 1
34TEQ29 2
34TEQ50 1 1
34TEQ51 1 1
34TEQ58 1 1
34TEQ60 1 1
34TEQ61 3 1
34TEQ80 1
34TEQ91 1 1
34TEQ92 2 1
34TEQ93 1
34TFM09 1
34TFM18 1 1
34TFN08 3 1
34TFN10 1
34TFN29 3 1
34TFN34 2
34TFN35 4 1
34TFN39 15 1
34TFN46 1
34TFN48 10 1
34TFN49 11 1
34TFN57 6 1
34TFN67 3 1
34TFP04 1 1
34TFP06 1 1
34TFP09 1 1
34TFP10 1
34TFP11 2
34TFP15 1 1
34TFP17 1
34TFP18 1 1
34TFP20 16 1
34TFP30 3 1
34TFP50 1 1
34TFQ11 1 1
34TFQ13 1 1
34TFQ14 1 1

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