''Muschampia'' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
genus of
spread-winged skipper
Pyrginae, commonly known as spread-winged skippers, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (biology), family (Hesperiidae). The subfamily was established by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Their delimitation and internal systematics has chan ...
s in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
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* '']Muschampia alta
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* '' Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampi ...
'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy
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The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...
, Balkan Peninsula
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Muschampia antonia
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* ''Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampia ...
'' (Speyer, 1879) Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, north Tibet
* '' Muschampia baeticus'' (Rambur, 1840)
* ''Muschampia cribrellum
''Favria'' is a monotypic genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This genus was formerly a synonym of ''Muschampia
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species ...
'' (Eversmann, 1841) (spinose skipper)
* ''Muschampia dravira
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* '' Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampi ...
'' (Moore, 875
* ''Muschampia floccifera
''Muschampia floccifera'', the tufted skipper or tufted marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
Description
''Muschampia floccifera'' has a wingspan of . It shows a toothed hind wing edge, glass spots on the forewings and gr ...
'' (Zeller, 1847)
* ''Muschampia gigas
'' Muschampia gigas'' is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (East China - Amurland.) that belongs to the skippers family.
Description from Seitz
H. gigas Brem. (85 f). Upperside of the wings blackish grey. Size considerable, 48 to ...
'' (Bremer, 1864) east China
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, Amur Oblast
* ''Muschampia kuenlunus
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* ''Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampia ...
'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893) Central Asia ( Alay Mountains, west Pamirs, Tian-Shan).
* ''Muschampia lavatherae
''Muschampia lavatherae'', the marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Rhine Rift Valley in central Germany up to North Africa and from south-eastern France up to Anatolia.
The wingspan is 28–34&n ...
'' (Esper, 1783)
* ''Muschampia leuzeae
''Muschampia leuzeae'', the Algerian grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. Th ...
'' (Oberthür, 1881)
* ''Muschampia lutulentus
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* '' Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampi ...
'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887) Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, Mesopotamia to Central Asia, Afghanistan
* ''Muschampia mohammed
''Muschampia mohammed'', the Barbary skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Morocco and Algeria. It is found in dry and flower-rich areas between 1,500 and 2,000 meters.
The length of the forewings is 15–16 ...
'' (Oberthür, 1887)
* ''Muschampia musta
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* '' Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampi ...
'' Evans, 1949 Afghanistan
* ''Muschampia nobilis
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* '' Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* '' Muschampi ...
'' (Staudinger, 1882) Central Asian mountain ranges
* ''Muschampia nomas
''Muschampia'' is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'':
* ''Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Southern Italy, Balkan Peninsula
* ''Muschampia ...
'' (Lederer, 1855) Israel
* ''Muschampia orientalis
''Muschampia orientalis'', the Oriental skipper, or Oriental marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, east to Asia Minor, northern Iran ...
'' (Reverdin, 1913)
* '' Muschampia plurimacula'' (Christoph, 1893) Hyrcania
* '' Muschampia poggei'' (Lederer, 1858) Asia Minor, Mesopotamia to Middle East, Transcaucasia
* '' Muschampia prometheus'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Central Asian mountain ranges
* '' Muschampia proteides'' (F.Wagner,1929) Central Asia (Alai, Ghissarsky, Tian-Shan), Afghanistan
* '' Muschampia proteus'' (Staudinger, 1886)
* ''Muschampia protheon
'' Muschampia protheon'' is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Central China (Kuku-Noor) to East Mongolia and Transbaikalia ) that belongs to the skippers family.
Description from Seitz
H. protheon Rambr. (85 f). Five apical dots ...
'' (Rambur, 1858) central China (Kuku-Noor), east Mongolia to Transbaikalia
* ''Muschampia proto
''Muschampia proto'', the sage skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.
The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm, although there are specimens wit ...
'' Ochsenheimer, 1808 (sage skipper)
* ''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.
The wingspan is 28–30 mm. The species inhabits ...
'' (Reverdin, 1913)
* '' Muschampia staudingeri'' (Speyer, 1879) northeast Iran to Pamirs, Turkmenistan, Altai, west China
* '' Muschampia tersa'' Evans, 1949 Transcaucasia, Iran, Iraq
* ''Muschampia tessellum
''Muschampia tessellum'', the tessellated skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the southern Balkan Peninsula (Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece and the European part of Turkey) through Ukraine, southern Russia (nor ...
'' (Hübner, 800-1803 (tesselated skipper)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
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Images representing ''Muschampia''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by J. W. Tutt
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