'' Muschampia protheon'' is a small butterfly found in the East

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 ...

(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: all the spots of the upperside distinct. Hindwing beneath light brown; subterminal band composed of distinctly separated spots. The white spot between veins 3 and 4 less projecting than the cell-spot situated above it. South Russia.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

Biology

The larva feeds on '' Phlomoides tuberosa''.

References

Pyrginae Butterflies described in 1858 {{Pyrginae-stub

Description from Seitz

Biology

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