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Spialia osthelderi

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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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