''Spialia phlomidis'', the Persian skipper, 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 ...

of 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 in

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, southern

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and

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. The habitat consists of dry steppe habitats at moderate elevations.Russian Insects
/ref> The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm.The median band is complete and continuous. The triangular spot between veins 6 and 7 is strongly elongated, and the one in interspace 8 continued to the angle.

Adalbert Seitz Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editi ...

''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation. The larvae feed on '' Convolvulus libanotica''.

Subspecies

*''Spialia phlomidis phlomidis'' (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, southern Russia, Iran, Alai) *''Spialia phlomidis hermona'' Evans, 1956 (Lebanon)

References

External links

All Butterflies of EuropeLepiforum.de
Spialia Butterflies described in 1845 Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Europe Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer {{Pyrginae-stub