Muschampia cribrellum
Muschampia cribrellum, the spinose skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. A species of arid regions, it is found in northern Hungary, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, through the Ukraine, southern Russia, up to the Altai and the Amur region.
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The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm. This species resembles Muschampia tessellum but is usually smaller, has larger white markings on the upper side of the wings and a distinctively yellow underside of the hindwing. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae probably feed on Potentilla species.
References
- Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0
- Dinca V, Kolev V, Verovnik R. - The distribution, ecology and conservation status of the Spinose Skipper Muschampia cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841) at the western limit of its range in Europe (Hesperiidae). Nota lepidopterologica 33(1): 39-57.
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