Spialia orbifer

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Spialia orbifer
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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.

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This has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of Spialia sertorius but can be distinguished by the olive green (rather than reddish-brown) underside of the hindwing.

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

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References

  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