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Spialia phlomidis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Spialia phlomidis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Spialia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Erynnis marloyi, Spialia orbifer, Carcharodus orientalis, Muschampia tessellum, Muschampia

Spialia phlomidis, the Persian skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Albania, Macedonia, Greece, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry steppe habitats at moderate elevations.

The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation.

The larvae feed on Convolvulus libanotica.

Subspecies

  • Spialia phlomidis phlomidis (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, southern Russia, Iran, Alai)
  • Spialia phlomidis hermona Evans, 1956 (Lebanon)

    • References

    Spialia phlomidis Wikipedia
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