Spialia osthelderi

Updated on Dec 29, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Spialia
Similar Chazara egina, Spialia phlomidis, Cigaritis cilissa, Erynnis marloyi, Pyrgus melotis

Spialia osthelderi, Osthelder's skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Asia Minor, the Middle East to Lebanon and through Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan. The habitat consists of dry stream beds and stony slopes in mountainous areas up to altitudes of 2,600 meters.

Adults are on wing from April to May, probably in two generations per year.

Subspecies

Spialia osthelderi osthelderi (Asia Minor to the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, western Iran)

Spialia osthelderi gecko Evans, 1949 (Kopet-Dagh and Iran to Afghanistan, Sussamyr Mountains)

References

Spialia osthelderi Wikipedia

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