Spialia orbifer

Spialia orbifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Spialia
Species:	S. orbifer
Binomial name
Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio orbifer Hübner, [1823] Spialia tesselloides Herrich-Schäffer, [1845] Spialia orbifer f. minor Rebel, 1909 Spialia posttesselloides Verity, 1938 Spialia orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901) Spialia secunda Graves, 1925 Spialia orbifer carnea (Reverdin, 1927) Pyrgus orbifer var. lugens Staudinger, 1886

Spialia orbifer, the orbed red-underwing skipper or Hungarian skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe and temperate Asia to Korea. The habitat consists of steppe on plains and grassy slopes in the mountains.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from April to August in one or two generations per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Rubus idaeus, Sanguisorba officinalis, Sanguisorba minor and Potentilla gelida.

Subspecies

• Spialia orbifer orbifer (South-eastern Europe to south-western Siberia, northern Iran and Sicily)
• Spialia orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901) (south-eastern Turkey to Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, northern Iraq and western Iran)
• Spialia orbifer carnea (Reverdin, 1927) (Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Chitral)
• Spialia orbifer lugens (Staudinger, 1886) (Tian-Shan, north-eastern Iran, Transcaspia, southern Siberia to the Amur region)
• Spialia orbifer pseudolugens P. Gorbunov, 1995 (Altai, southern Urals)

References

• Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0

1. Spialia, Site of Markku Savela
2. "Captain's European Butterfly Guide". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
3. Russian Insects

External links

• Lepiforum.de