Muschampia stauderi
Muschampia stauderi, Stauder's skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species is distributed from Morocco to Asia Minor and northern Iran, including Transcaucasia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Carcharodini |
| Subtribe: | Carcharodina |
| Genus: | Muschampia |
| Species: | M. stauderi |
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Description
The wingspan is 28–30 mm. .M. stauderi closely resembles other Muschampia but is separable by features of the underside hindwing.
Biology
The species inhabits mostly mountain steppe areas, dominated by legume plants and grasses. The elevation range of the species distribution is from 1800 to 2200 metres above sea level. Most probably there are two generations per year, when the first generation flies during July (sometimes starting in late June) and the second generation in on wing from late September till mid-October.[2]
Larval host plants are Ballota foetida, Marrubium vulgare, Phlomis aurea, and Phlomis floccosa.[3]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Carcharodus, but was transferred to Muschampia as a result of genomic research published in 2020.[4]
Subspecies
- Muschampia stauderi stauderi
- Muschampia stauderi ambigua Verity, 1925 (Nakhichevan)
References
- Reverdin 1913. Notes sur les Genres Hesperia et Carcharodus. Bulletin de la Société lépidoptérologique de Genève 2: 212-237.
- Carcharodus stauderi at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
- Carcharodus stauderi at Lepidoptera Caucasi
- Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): zootaxa.4748.1.10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMC 8018707. PMID 32230093.