Strange Butterfly / Moth

[Zacs-Master]

https://ibb.co/XpF64yC

Can anyone identify this? I ternet search has not yielded any results. Double wings are odd.

[237SJ]

This? https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/lulworth-skipper

[Zacs-Master]

Wow. Thanks. What’s it doing in North Yorks?!

[Sqad]

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/small-skipper

Wide distribution in the UK...even Yorkshire ;-)

[Zacs-Master]

Thanks Sqad. I was just about to email that very organisation!

[Prudie]

Do you really think it's that, skippers are really small? Your pic looks like something large and spectacular. I thought it was some kind of exotic hawkmoth.

[Zacs-Master]

It’s very close up. It was about 25mm long.

[gness]

I thought it was a Skipper, Zacs.......you will let us know if you confirm?..x

[Calibax]

Is that clover it is resting on? The size, colouring and banded antennae certainly resemble a small skipper.

[Chipchopper]

Possibly on cornflower ?

[Zacs-Master]

It’s a small skipper. And the plant is a thistle.

[Chipchopper]

^ Or knapweed.

[Chipchopper]

Oops - sorry, cross post, yes of course its a thistle! i can see that now.