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Lulworth skipper

Index Lulworth skipper

The Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. [1]

66 relations: Anatolia, Animal, Arthropod, Brachypodium pinnatum, Burton Bradstock, Butterfly, Butterfly Conservation, Calcareous, Canary Islands, Central Europe, Chalk, Cornwall, Crete, Devon, Dorling Kindersley, Dorset, Durlston, Elba, Endemism, England, Entomology, Essex skipper, Europe, Genus, Great Britain, Hesperia comma, Imago, Insect, Insect migration, Introduced species, Isle of Portland, James Charles Dale, John Heath (entomologist), Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Large skipper, Larva, Lepidoptera, List of butterflies of Great Britain, Lulworth Cove, Mediterranean Sea, Myxomatosis, Nectar, Netherlands, North Africa, Northern Europe, Overwintering, Oviparity, Peafowl, Portland Harbour, Pupa, ..., Range (biology), S. A. von Rottemburg, Sexual dimorphism, Skipper (butterfly), Small skipper, Southern England Chalk Formation, Spain, Swanage, The Guardian, The Independent, The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy, Thymelicus, United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan, Vernacular, Weymouth, Dorset. Expand index (16 more) »

Anatolia

Anatolia (Modern Greek: Ανατολία Anatolía, from Ἀνατολή Anatolḗ,; "east" or "rise"), also known as Asia Minor (Medieval and Modern Greek: Μικρά Ἀσία Mikrá Asía, "small Asia"), Asian Turkey, the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Brachypodium pinnatum

Brachypodium pinnatum, the heath false brome or tor-grass, is a plant in the grass family, with a widespread distribution in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in West Dorset, England, situated approximately southeast of Bridport and inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.

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Butterfly Conservation

Butterfly Conservation is an insect conservation organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Calcareous

Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.

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Canary Islands

The Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) is a Spanish archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Morocco at the closest point.

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Central Europe

Central Europe is the region comprising the central part of Europe.

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Chalk

Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Dorling Kindersley

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Durlston

Durlston is an area of Swanage, in Dorset, England.

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Elba

Elba (isola d'Elba,; Ilva; Ancient Greek: Αἰθαλία, Aithalia) is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Essex skipper

The Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) is a butterfly in family Hesperiidae.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Hesperia comma

Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

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Imago

In biology, the imago is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it also is called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Insect migration

Insect migration is the seasonal movement of insects, particularly those by species of dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and moths.

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Introduced species

An introduced species (alien species, exotic species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species) is a species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental.

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Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel.

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James Charles Dale

James Charles Dale (13 December 1791 – 6 February 1872) was an English naturalist who devoted almost all of his adult life to entomology.

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John Heath (entomologist)

John Heath (18 January 1922 – 6 July 1987) FRES was an English entomologist, specialising in lepidoptera.

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Joint Nature Conservation Committee

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation.

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Large skipper

The large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

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List of butterflies of Great Britain

This is a list of butterflies of Great Britain, including extinct, naturalised species and those of dubious origin.

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Lulworth Cove

Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, southern England.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Myxomatosis

Myxomatosis (sometimes shortened to "myxo" or "myxy") is a disease that affects rabbits, caused by the ''myxoma'' virus.

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Nectar

Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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North Africa

North Africa is a collective term for a group of Mediterranean countries and territories situated in the northern-most region of the African continent.

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Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.

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Overwintering

Overwintering is the process by which some organisms pass through or wait out the winter season, or pass through that period of the year when "winter" conditions (cold or sub-zero temperatures, ice, snow, limited food supplies) make normal activity or even survival difficult or near impossible.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.

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Peafowl

The peafowl include three species of birds in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies.

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Portland Harbour

Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England.

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Pupa

A pupa (pūpa, "doll"; plural: pūpae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.

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Range (biology)

In biology, the range of a species is the geographical area within which that species can be found.

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S. A. von Rottemburg

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

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Skipper (butterfly)

Skippers are a family, Hesperiidae, of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies).

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Small skipper

The small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

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Southern England Chalk Formation

The Chalk Formation of Southern England is a system of chalk downland in the south of England.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Swanage

Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel.

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet.

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Thymelicus

Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae.

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United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan

The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan or (UK BAP) was the UK government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.

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Vernacular

A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population.

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Weymouth, Dorset

Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulworth_skipper

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