New Species - Essex Skipper

My suspicions have been confirmed by a butterfly expert and I can add the Essex Skipper to our buuterfly species list. It seems that contrary to what my butterfly book says the Essex Skipper is found in South Wales and so it is not surprising that we have them here as well as Small Skippers. The photograph above shows the black undersides to the antennae that are the giveaway that it is an Essex Skipper and not a Small Skipper. That makes it 17 species of butterfly this year on site.