Carcharodus orientalis
Carcharodus orientalis, the Oriental skipper, or Oriental marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, east to Asia Minor, northern Iran, Ukraine, the Caucasus to Kazachstan and Turkmenistan. There is a disjoint population in northern Hungary. In the south it is also found in Wadi Al Hisha (Jordan) and Israel.
| Carcharodus orientalis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | C. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carcharodus orientalis Reverdin, 1913 | |
The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in two generations.
Subspecies
There are at least three subspecies:
- Carcharodus orientalis orientalis
- Carcharodus orientalis maccabaeus Hemming, 1925 (Jordan, Israel)
- Carcharodus orientalis teberdinus Devyatkin, 1990 (southern Russia)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.