Malven Dickkopffalter vs Southern Marbled Skipper

Carcharodus alceae compared with Carcharodus baeticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malven Dickkopffalter	Southern Marbled Skipper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same	Insecta (Insekten)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family same	Hesperiidae	Hesperiidae
Genus same	Carcharodus	Carcharodus
Species	Carcharodus alceae	Carcharodus baeticus

Evolutionary Relationship

Malven Dickkopffalter and Southern Marbled Skipper share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Carcharodus.

Conservation Status

Malven Dickkopffalter

LC — Least Concern

Southern Marbled Skipper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malven Dickkopffalter	Southern Marbled Skipper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malven Dickkopffalter

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (32 countries).

Southern Marbled Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇪🇸 Spain 🇨🇭 Switzerland