Male	Female
Couple

Forewing Length: 14-17mm;
Wingspan: 30-35mm;
Proboscis Length: 16mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(14 - 22 Days)	July - May	?	June - August (Earliest: 30.5)

Biotopes:	Long Grass Meadows	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous)	Many Poaceae
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Nectar	Several Fabaceae Nectar	Rubus fruticosus Nectar	Ajuga reptans Nectar
	Silene flos-cuculi Nectar	Comarum palustre Nectar	Bistorta officinalis Nectar	Veronica officinalis Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Ochlodes sylvanus
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Ochlodes sylvanus
Lepiforum: Ochlodes sylvanus

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