Spialia phlomidis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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[edit]
- Spialia phlomidis phlomidis (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, southern Russia, Iran, Alai)
- Spialia phlomidis hermona Evans, 1956 (Lebanon)
References[edit]
- ^ Spialia, funet.fi
- ^ Russian Insects
- ^ 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)
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