* distinctive feature: pale markings on the upperwingKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Lepidoptera (butterflies & moths, Schmetterlinge)(unranked): RhopaloceraSuborder: GlossataSuperfamily: HesperoideaFamily: Hesperiidae (skippers, Dickkopffalter)Subfamily: Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)Tribus: HesperiiniGenus:
Ochlodes SCUDDER, 1872
Ochlodes sylvanus ESPER, 1777 (Large Skipper, Rostfarbiger Dickkopffalter), female[cofirmed by Jeremy Barker, 2013, based on this photo]more info (German):
www.schmetterling-raupe.de/art/venatus.htmNE-Slovakia, Slovak Paradise (Slovak: Slovensk raj) National Park, vic Cingov, 500-700m asl., 27.06.2012IMG_1530