Spialia osthelderi

Spialia osthelderi, Osthelder's skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Asia Minor, the Middle East to Lebanon and through Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan.[2] The habitat consists of dry stream beds and stony slopes in mountainous areas up to altitudes of 2,600 meters.

Spialia osthelderi
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S. osthelderi
Binomial name
Spialia osthelderi
(Pfeiffer, 1932)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia (Ateleomorpha) osthelderi Pfeiffer, 1932
  • Spialia osthelder struveoides Brandt, 1939

Adults are on wing from April to May, probably in two generations per year.

Subspecies

  • Spialia osthelderi osthelderi (Asia Minor to the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, western Iran)
  • Spialia osthelderi gecko Evans, 1949 (Kopet-Dagh and Iran to Afghanistan, Sussamyr Mountains)

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