Muschampia mohammed | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Muschampia |
Species: | M. mohammed |
Binomial name | |
Muschampia mohammed (Oberthür, 1887) | |
Synonyms | |
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Muschampia mohammed, the Barbary skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. [1] It is endemic to Morocco and Algeria. It is found in dry and flower-rich areas between 1,500 and 2,000 meters.
The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm, although the first generation is smaller, with a forewing length of about 14 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June in two generations.
The larvae feed on Phlomis species.
Gegenes nostrodamus, commonly known as the dingy swift, light pygmy skipper, Mediterranean skipper or veloz de las rieras, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Mediterranean Sea, through Anatolia to Turkestan and India.
The mint moth is a small moth from the family Crambidae, also known by the common name Small Purple and Gold.
Lampides boeticus, the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.
Rhodometra sacraria, the vestal, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.
Melanargia ines, the Spanish marbled white, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found on the Iberian Peninsula and western North Africa.
Noctua janthe, the lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. Some authors consider Noctua janthe and Noctua janthina to be the same species. It is found in Europe and North Africa.
Hoplodrina ambigua, the Vine's rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the western Palearctic realm.
Sitochroa verticalis, common name lesser pearl, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
Lysandra albicans, the Spanish chalk-hill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Spain and Western North Africa.
Melanargia occitanica, the western marbled white, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.
Kirinia roxelana, the lattice brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southeastern Europe and the Near East. The butterfly is on wing between May and July. The larvae feed on various grasses.
Cosmorhoe is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its only species, Cosmorhoe ocellata, the purple bar, was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Muschampia leuzeae, the Algerian grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Algeria.
Muschampia proto, the sage skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.
Muschampia orientalis, the Oriental skipper, or Oriental marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, east to Asia Minor, northern Iran, Ukraine, the Caucasus to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. There is a disjoint population in northern Hungary. In the south it is also found in Wadi Al Hisha (Jordan) and Israel.
Spialia phlomidis, the Persian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry steppe habitats at moderate elevations.
Gegenes pumilio, the pigmy skipper or dark Hottentot, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea through Anatolia to the Himalaya and south in the whole of Africa.
Satyrus actaea, the black satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-Western Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Iran and Baluchistan.
Pieris ergane, the mountain small white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Transcaucasia.
Campaea honoraria, the embellished thorn, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of southern and central Europe. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.