Erynnis marloyi, commonly known as the inky skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
It is found in south-eastern Europe (Greece and the Balkans) across Asia Minor to Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, southern Iran and Chitral, Pakistan.
The light dots in interspaces 7 and 8 very distinctly white, especially on the underside, where there are three spots, one of them being vitreous.
South Europe, Asia Minor, Syria and Persia.
The larvae feed on Rosaceae species.