Muschampia lavatherae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Muschampia |
Species: | M. lavatherae |
Binomial name | |
Muschampia lavatherae (Esper, 1783) | |
Synonyms | |
Carcharodus lavatheraeEsper, 1783 |
Muschampia lavatherae, the marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Rhine Rift Valley in central Germany up to North Africa and from south-eastern France up to Anatolia.
The wingspan is 28–34 mm.
C. lavatherae Esp. (85 a). Yellowish grey or ash-colour; hindwing darker, with two rows of distinct, almost white, spots. Underside of hindwing with two small grey bands in the centre. — Southern Europe, North Africa, Syria, Armenia. [1]
The butterfly gives one generation per year and flies from May to July depending on the location. [2]
The larvae feed on Stachys recta and Sideritis scordioides in Southern Europe.
This species was formerly a member of the genus Carcharodus . As a result of genomic research published in 2020, it was transferred to the genus Muschampia . [3]
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