''Muschampia'' is a

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

genus of

spread-winged skipper Pyrginae, commonly known as spread-winged skippers, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). The subfamily was established by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Their delimitation and internal systematics has changed considerably ...

s in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Muschampia'': * '' Muschampia alta'' (Schwingenschuss, 1942)

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* '' Muschampia antonia'' (Speyer, 1879)

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, north

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* '' Muschampia baeticus'' (Rambur, 1840) * '' Muschampia cribrellum'' (Eversmann, 1841) (spinose skipper) * '' Muschampia dravira'' (Moore,

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* '' Muschampia floccifera'' (Zeller, 1847) * '' Muschampia gigas'' (Bremer, 1864) east

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* '' Muschampia kuenlunus'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893) Central Asia (

Alay Mountains The Alay or Alai Range (; ) is a mountain range that extends from the Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan west into Tajikistan. It is part of the Pamir-Alay mountain system. The range runs approximately east to west. Its highest summit is Pik ...

, west

Pamirs The Pamir Mountains are a range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among ...

Tian-Shan The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The highest peak is Jengish Chokusu at high and located in Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is ...

). * '' Muschampia lavatherae'' (Esper, 1783) * '' Muschampia leuzeae'' (Oberthür, 1881) * '' Muschampia lutulentus'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887)

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to Central Asia, Afghanistan * '' Muschampia mohammed'' (Oberthür, 1887) * '' Muschampia musta'' Evans, 1949 Afghanistan * '' Muschampia nobilis'' (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)

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* '' Muschampia orientalis'' (Reverdin, 1913) * '' Muschampia plurimacula'' (Christoph, 1893)

Hyrcania Hyrcania (; ''Hyrkanía'', Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 ''Varkâna'',Lendering (1996) Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 ''Gurgān'', Akkadian: ''Urqananu'') is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea ...

* '' Muschampia poggei'' (Lederer, 1858)

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Transcaucasia The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, ...

* '' 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'' (Rambur, 1858) central China (Kuku-Noor), east Mongolia to

Transbaikalia Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykal'ye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Si ...

* '' Muschampia proto'' Ochsenheimer, 1808 (sage skipper) * '' Muschampia stauderi'' (Reverdin, 1913) * '' Muschampia staudingeri'' (Speyer, 1879) northeast

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

to Pamirs, Turkmenistan, Altai, west China * '' Muschampia tersa'' Evans, 1949 Transcaucasia, Iran, Iraq * '' Muschampia tessellum'' (Hübner, 800-1803 (tesselated skipper)

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by J. W. Tutt Taxa described in 1906 {{Pyrginae-stub