Spialia orbifer

Spialia orbifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Spialia
Species:	S. orbifer
Binomial name
Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823]) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio orbiferHübner, [1823] Spialia tesselloidesHerrich-Schäffer, [1845] Spialia orbifer f. minorRebel, 1909 Spialia posttesselloidesVerity, 1938 Spialia orbifer hilaris(Staudinger, 1901) Spialia secundaGraves, 1925 Spialia orbifer carnea(Reverdin, 1927) Pyrgus orbifer var. lugensStaudinger, 1886

Spialia orbifer, the orbed red-underwing skipper or Hungarian skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe and temperate Asia to Korea. The habitat consists of steppe on plains and grassy slopes in the mountains.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. ^[2] Adults are on wing from April to August in one or two generations per year. ^[3]

The larvae feed on Rubus idaeus , Sanguisorba officinalis , Sanguisorba minor and Potentilla gelida.

Subspecies

• Spialia orbifer orbifer (South-eastern Europe to south-western Siberia, northern Iran and Sicily)
• Spialia orbifer hilaris(Staudinger, 1901) (south-eastern Turkey to Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, northern Iraq and western Iran)
• Spialia orbifer carnea(Reverdin, 1927) (Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Chitral)
• Spialia orbifer lugens(Staudinger, 1886) (Tian-Shan, north-eastern Iran, Transcaspia, southern Siberia to the Amur region)
• Spialia orbifer pseudolugensP. Gorbunov, 1995 (Altai, southern Urals)

References

• Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN   0-85533-348-0

1. Spialia, Site of Markku Savela
2. "Captain's European Butterfly Guide". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
3. Russian Insects

External links

• Lepiforum.de