Muschampia poggei

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Muschampia poggei
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Muschampia poggei in Seitz 85c
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Muschampia
Species:
M. poggei
Binomial name
Muschampia poggei
(Lederer, 1858) [1]

Muschampia poggei is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Asia Minor, Mesopotamia to Middle East, Transcaucasia) that belongs to the skipper family.

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Description from Seitz

H. poggei Led. (85 c). Costal fold of male very feebly developed, represented by a ridge on the costa. Hindwing beneath without white spot in the centre of interspace 7. Syria, Armenia. [2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Phlomis .

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References

  1. Lederer, 1858 Noch einige syrische Schmetterlinge Wien. ent. Monats. 2 (5) : 135-152, pl. 2-4
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .