''Muschampia stauderi'', Stauder's 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. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. The species is distributed from
Morocco to
Asia Minor and northern
Iran, including
Transcaucasia.
The
wingspan is 28–30 mm. 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.
Larval host plants are ''
Ballota foetida'', ''
Marrubium vulgare'', ''
Phlomis aurea'', and ''
Phlomis floccosa''.
Carcharodus stauderi at Lepidoptera Caucasi
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This species was formerly a member of the genus ''Carcharodus
''Carcharodus'' is a Palearctic genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
In genomic research published in 2020, it was determined that six of the eight species in ''Carcharodus'' were more closely related to those in the genus ''Muschampi ...
'', but was transferred to ''Muschampia
''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 ...
'' as a result of genomic research published in 2020.[
]
Subspecies
* ''Muschampia stauderi stauderi''
* ''Muschampia stauderi ambigua'' Verity, 1925 ( Nakhichevan)
References
External links
''Carcharodus'' at Funet.fi
Carcharodus
Butterflies described in 1913
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