Oriental Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus orientalis)
Photo © Albert Vliegenthart
| Family | Hesperiidae |
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| Subfamily | Pyrginae |
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| Genus | Carcharodus |
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| Species | orientalis |
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| Authority | Reverdin, 1913 |
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| English Name | Oriental Marbled Skipper |
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| European Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitats Directive | |
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| Bern Convention | |
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| CITES | |
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Description
The Oriental Marbled Skipper is mostly found on grasslands, on rocky slopes with grassy vegetation,
and occasionally on bushy or on low, shrubby vegetation. The butterflies fly quickly, close to the
ground. When they are at rest, they usually have their wings widely spread. Males can be commonly
found drinking on dump ground. The caterpillars feed on woundworts (Stachys spp.). It has two to
three generations a year, and hibernates as a caterpillar.
Distribution
Albania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Croatia / Greece / Greece: Mainland / Greece: East Aegean Islands / Hungary (Regionally Extinct) / North Macedonia / Montenegro / Romania / European Russia / Serbia / Serbia: Serbia / European Türkiye / Ukraine /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Ballota | nigra | Black Horehound | |
| 2 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Marrubium | cylleneum | | |
| 3 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Marrubium | peregrinum | | |
| 4 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Marrubium | thessalum | | |
| 5 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Marrubium | velutinum | | |
| 6 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Pseudodictamnus | acetabulosus | | |
| 7 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Stachys | cretica | | |
| 8 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Stachys | germanica | Downy Woundwort | |
| 9 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Stachys | iva | | |
| 10 | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Stachys | sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort | |
