Tesselated Skipper

Muschampia tessellum, the tessellated skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the southern Balkan Peninsula (North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece and the European part of Turkey) through Ukraine, southern Russia (north to the Moscow region) and Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Mongolia, east to the Amur region.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Tesselated Skipper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Favria cribrellum
• Pyrgus carthami
• Pyrgus cinarae
• Spialia phlomidis
• Spialia orbifer
• Pyrgus sidae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Muschampia

Species

Muschampia tessellum

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