Spialia phlomidis

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Spialia phlomidis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. phlomidis
Binomial name
Spialia phlomidis
Synonyms
  • Hesperia phlomidisHerrich-Schäffer, 1845
  • Syricthus eupatorHemming, 1932
  • Syrichtus jasonOberthür, 1912
  • Spialia phlomidis kikiHiggins, 1974

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. [2]

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The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm.The median band is complete and continuous. The triangular spot between veins 6 and 7 is strongly elongated, and the one in interspace 8 continued to the angle. [3] Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation.

The larvae feed on Convolvulus libanotica .

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Spialia, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Russian Insects
  3. ↑ Adalbert Seitz Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 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 .


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