Despite the excellent Butterflies of France site having a page devoted to identifying skippers, I am not at all sure about these.
However with help from Roger Gibbons, I now know that this is a Silver-spotted Skipper. at least it was a Skipper unlike my putative Red-underwing Skipper which turned out to be a Geranium Bronze!
However with help from Roger Gibbons, I now know that this is a Silver-spotted Skipper. at least it was a Skipper unlike my putative Red-underwing Skipper which turned out to be a Geranium Bronze!