Muschampia lavatherae
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| image = Carcharodus lavatherae.jpg
| genus = Muschampia
| species = lavatherae
| authority = (Esper, 1783)
| synonyms = Carcharodus lavatherae Esper, 1783
}}
Muschampia lavatherae, the marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Rhine Rift Valley in central Germany up to North Africa and from south-eastern France up to Anatolia.
The wingspan is 28–34 mm.
Description in Seitz
C. lavatherae Esp. (85 a). Yellowish grey or ash-colour; hindwing darker, with two rows of distinct, almost white, spots. Underside of hindwing with two small grey bands in the centre. — Southern Europe, North Africa, Syria, Armenia.
Biology
The butterfly gives one generation per year and flies from May to July depending on the location.[http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/carcharodus-lavatherae.html Marbled Skipper at Butterfly Conservation Armenia]
The larvae feed on Stachys recta and Sideritis scordioides in Southern Europe.
This species was formerly a member of the genus Carcharodus. As a result of genomic research published in 2020, it was transferred to the genus Muschampia.
References
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{{Cite journal
| title = A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)
| date = 2020
| last1 = Zhang | first1 = Jing
| last2 = Brockmann | first2 = Ernst
| last3 = Cong | first3 = Qian
| last4 = Shen | first4 = Jinhui
| last5 = Grishin | first5 = Nick V.
| display-authors = 4
| journal = Zootaxa
| volume = 4748| issue = 1
| pages = zootaxa.4748.1.10
| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10| pmid = 32230093
| pmc = 8018707
| doi-access = free
}}
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110608012822/http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/vlinders.php?menuentry=soorten&id=4 Butterflies of Europe]
- [http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/ Butterfly Conservation Armenia]
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Category:Butterflies described in 1783
Category:Butterflies of Europe
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
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