Tufted Marbled Skipper
Carcharodus floccifera
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Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
The Tufted Marbled Skipper faces significant pressure from habitat degradation across its Mediterranean range, particularly through agricultural intensification and urban development that fragments its preferred grassland ecosystems. Overgrazing by livestock has altered the structure of native plant communities essential for both larval host plants and adult nectar sources. Climate change poses an additional threat through increased drought frequency and shifting precipitation patterns that affect the delicate timing between butterfly emergence and flowering periods of key food plants.
Habitat
This skipper inhabits dry grasslands, scrublands, and rocky slopes across the Mediterranean basin, typically at elevations between 200-1500 meters. It shows a preference for areas with sparse vegetation and exposed ground, often associated with traditional pastoral landscapes that maintain a mosaic of open habitats.
Other threatened species in Hesperiidae
Threatened in Afghanistan
Frequently asked questions
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