Spialia struvei

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Spialia struvei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. struvei
Binomial name
Spialia struvei
(Püngeler, 1914) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia struveiPüngeler, 1914
  • Spialia fetidaZhdanko, 1992

Spialia struvei is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Iran to Dzungaria in north-west China . [2] The habitat consists of dry areas on hills and low mountains at altitudes between 200 and 1,000 meters in the steppe-desert zone.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

Subspecies

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