Spialia phlomidis
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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. phlomidis |
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| Spialia phlomidis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)[1] | |
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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, funet.fi
- Russian Insects
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