Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Thymelicus | |
Similar Erynnis marloyi, Carcharodus orientalis, Spialia phlomidis, Muschampia tessellum, Pyrgus melotis | ||
Thymelicus hyrax, the Levantine skipper, is a butterfly in family Hesperiidae. The species is distributed in Greece, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Iran and Israel.
Life cycle
The species predominantly inhabits dry areas, in some regions also open woodlands, occupying the elevation range up to 2000 m above sea level. The larval host plant is most probably Achnatherum bromoides. Butterflies are on wing from June till August in a single generation.
References
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