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European Skipper -
Thymelicus lineola This skipper is the most abundant butterfly in many regions of the Eastern U.S. It is the only member of this genus in North America. This is an invasive species; accidentally introduced into Ontario, Canada in 1910, it has now spread throughout Canada and the northeastern United States. |
| Live adult European skipper butterflies photographed at Deerlodge County, Montana by Lynette Schimming. |
 European Skipper Butterfly |
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| Adult butterfly:
bright brassy orange above with narrow black borders on both wings, and
ends of veins outlined in black; male has very narrow black stigma, and
female usually has thin vertical black vein at end of forewing cell.
Below, forewing is pale orange and hindwing is grayish-brown. Larva is green with dark dorsal stripe and whitish subdorsal and lateral stripes; head green with three brown bars with two white bars between them. |
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| Photos ©Lynette Schimming used with permission. © 2006 Red Planet Inc. All rights reserved |