Biology:Spialia phlomidis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Spialia phlomidis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. phlomidis
Binomial name
Spialia phlomidis
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia phlomidis Herrich-Schäffer, 1845
  • Syricthus eupator Hemming, 1932
  • Syrichtus jason Oberthür, 1912
  • Spialia phlomidis kiki Higgins, 1974

Spialia phlomidis, the Persian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, southern Russia , Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry steppe habitats at moderate elevations.[2]

The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm.The median band iscomplete and continuous. The triangular spot between veins 6 and 7 is strongly elongated, and the one in interspace 8 continued to the angle.[3] 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

  1. Spialia, funet.fi
  2. Russian Insects
  3. Adalbert Seitz Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q146316 entry