Thymelicus hyrax

Thymelicus hyrax, the Levantine skipper, is a butterfly in family Hesperiidae. The species is distributed in Iran, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan), Northwest Caucasus (Russia), Turkey, Greece, Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Rhodes[1]

Levantine skipper
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Thymelicus
Species:
T. hyrax
Binomial name
Thymelicus hyrax
(Lederer, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia hyrax Lederer, 1861
  • Adopaea pfeifferi Bytinsky-Salz & Brandt, 1937

Life cycle

The species predominantly inhabits dry areas, in some regions also open woodlands, occupying the elevation range up to 2000 m above sea level. The larval host plant is most probably Achnatherum bromoides. Butterflies are on wing from June till August in a single generation.[2][3]

References
  1. Hesselbarth G., Van Oorschot H., Wagener S. 1995. Die Tagfalter der Turkei. Band 1-3. Selbstverlag Sigbert Wagener. 1354 pp.
  2. Thymelicus at Funet.fi http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/thymelicus/
  3. Thymelicus hyrax at Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/thymelicus-hyrax.html


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