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Essex Skipper

Thymelicus lineola

About

A small orange-brown skipper so similar to the small skipper that it was not recognised as a separate British species until 1889. The undersides of its antenna tips are black, not orange.

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Did You Know?

It was overlooked in Britain for over a century because it was confused with the nearly identical small skipper.