Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Olive Skipper

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Pyrgus serratulae

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Olive Skipper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Olive Skipper
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Hesperiidae
Genus	Aegilops	Pyrgus
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Pyrgus serratulae

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Olive Skipper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Olive Skipper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Olive Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (34 countries).

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France