Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus foulquieri)
| Family | Hesperiidae |
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| Subfamily | Pyrginae |
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| Genus | Pyrgus |
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| Species | foulquieri |
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| Authority | (Oberthür, 1910) |
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| English Name | Foulquier's Grizzled 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
This grizzled skipper likes flower-rich, grassy vegetation. It occurs on sub-alpine and alpine grasslands
as well as on damp, sometimes rough, grassy vegetation. Various cinquefoils (Potentilla spp.)
are used as foodplant, including Tormentil (P. erecta), Silverweed (P. anserina), Spring Cinquefoil
(P. tabernaemontani), and Creeping Cinquefoil (P. reptans). This butterfly hibernates in the larval stage
and has one generation a year.
Distribution
France / France: Mainland / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Spain / Spain: Mainland /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | | Rock-roses | |
| 2 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | apenninum | White Rock-rose | |
| 3 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | canum ssp. canum | | |
| 4 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | hirtum | | |
| 5 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | nummularium | Common Rock-rose | |
| 6 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | nummularium ssp. grandiflorum | | |
| 7 | Malvales | Cistaceae | Helianthemum | oelandicum | Hoary Rock-rose | |
