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Large Chequered Skipper
Heteropterus morpheus
The large chequered skipper (Heteropterus morpheus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is the single member of the monotypic genus Heteropterus. The species can be found in isolated populations in Europe and east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Korea. It is endangered in the Netherlands.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 362062.