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Carcharodus tripolinus
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carcharodus tripolinus, the false mallow skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along a narrow strip along the coast of southern Portugal and Spain and across North Africa.
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The wingspan is 26–34 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September.
The larvae feed on Malva sylvestris. They have also been recorded on Althaea in Egypt.
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