Spialia Fetida
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''Spialia struvei'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
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 ...
. It is found from
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
Dzungaria Dzungaria (; from the Mongolian words , meaning 'left hand'), also known as Northern Xinjiang or Beijiang, is a geographical subregion in Northwest China that corresponds to the northern half of Xinjiang. Bound by the Altai Mountains to the n ...
in north-west China .Russian Insects
/ref> The habitat consists of dry areas on hills and low mountains at altitudes between 200 and 1,000 meters in the steppe-desert zone. Adults are on wing from June to July.


Subspecies

*''Spialia struvei struvei'' *''Spialia struvei irida'' Zhdanko, 1993 (Alaisky Mountains) *''Spialia struvei fetida'' Zhdanko, 1992 (western Kazakhstan)


References

Spialia Butterflies described in 1914 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Rudolf Püngeler {{Pyrginae-stub