Spialia orbifer explained

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.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm.^[1] Adults are on wing from April to August in one or two generations per year.^[2]

The larvae feed on Rubus idaeus, Sanguisorba officinalis, Sanguisorba minor 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Captain’s European Butterfly Guide . 2012-12-13 . 2015-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195537/http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/skippers/skip5.htm . dead .
2. http://rusinsects.com/hesperid/hes-s-or.htm Russian Insects