Pyrgus malvae is a butterfly that is particularly receptive to warmer and drier climates.
   They are a small butterfly with a chequered pattern on their wings that appears to be black and white.
   They tend to settle in environments with spring nectar plants, larval food plants (agrimony, creeping cinquefoil, wild strawberry, tormentil), ranker vegetation, and edges with scrub or woodland.
   They can be found throughout Europe and are common in central and southern regions of England.
   They prefers three major types of habitat, woodland, grassland, and industrial.
   Other possible environments for the butterflies are heathland, shingle, sand dunes, and acidic, neutral and marshy grassland
   They are most attracted to blue and violet while showing little attraction to white, yellow, or red.
   Upon emerging as adult butterflies, grizzled skippers are quite active during the day.
   Exhibiting territorial behaviour, males apply perching and patrolling strategies to mate with a desired female.

There are two main mating strategies that are used by grizzled skippers, which ultimately illustrate mechanisms of sexual selection by this species.

   In both, males demonstrate territorial behaviours.     In the case of perching, males wait on taller plants for females to come to them in order to begin courting. In the case of patrolling, males locate a desired female and fly down to her.

   A perching approach is used in habitats that are poor for food plants.

   Males will engage in more of a perching approach where they await females above scrub edges that afford them shelter, warmth, and visible range.

   A patrolling approach is used in habitats that are for food plants rich.

   Males will engage in more of a patrolling strategy by mingling with females.

   They also possess multiple methods of communication; for example, vibrations are used to communicate with ants, and chemical secretions play a role in mating.

   Average lifespan is one to two weeks.