Spialia orbifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. orbifer
Binomial name
Spialia orbifer
(Hübner, [1823])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio orbifer Hübner, [1823]
  • Spialia tesselloides Herrich-Schäffer, [1845]
  • Spialia orbifer f. minor Rebel, 1909
  • Spialia posttesselloides Verity, 1938
  • Spialia orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901)
  • Spialia secunda Graves, 1925
  • Spialia orbifer carnea (Reverdin, 1927)
  • Pyrgus orbifer var. lugens Staudinger, 1886

Spialia orbifer, the orbed red-underwing skipper or Hungarian skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe and temperate Asia to Korea. The habitat consists of steppe on plains and grassy slopes in the mountains.

This has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of Spialia sertorius but can be distinguished by the olive green (rather than reddish-brown) underside of the hindwing.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from April to August in one or two generations per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Rubus idaeus, Sanguisorba officinalis, Sanguisorba minor and Potentilla gelida.

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ Spialia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ "Captain's European Butterfly Guide". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  3. ^ Russian Insects