''Spialia orbifer'', the orbed red-underwing skipper or Hungarian skipper is a

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of the family

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. It is found from south-eastern

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and temperate

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. The habitat consists of steppe on plains and grassy slopes in the mountains. The

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is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in one or two generations per year.Russian Insects
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'', ''

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'', ''

Sanguisorba minor ''Sanguisorba minor'', the salad burnet, garden burnet, small burnet, burnet (also used for ''Sanguisorba'' generally), :wiktionary:pimprenelle, pimpernelle, Toper's plant, and burnet-bloodwort, is an edible perennial plant, perennial herbaceou ...

'' 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)

External links

Lepiforum.de
Spialia Butterflies described in 1823 Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Europe Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Pyrginae-stub