Spialia osthelderi

Spialia osthelderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species: S. osthelderi
Binomial name
Spialia osthelderi
(Pfeiffer, 1932)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia (Ateleomorpha) osthelderi Pfeiffer, 1932
  • Spialia osthelder struveoides Brandt, 1939

Spialia osthelderi, Osthelder's skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Asia Minor, the Middle East to Lebanon and through Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan.[2] The habitat consists of dry stream beds and stony slopes in mountainous areas up to altitudes of 2,600 meters.

Adults are on wing from April to May, probably in two generations per year.

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References

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