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Spialia orbifer / Orbed Red-underwing Skipper
Antenëgrepja hungareze
Hesperiidae - Pyrginae
Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823]). TL: Hungary.
 
  
1a. Spialia orbifer, distribution map.  Historical data ;  Additional data from the 2018 update ;  New observations since the 2018 update.
1b. Spialia orbifer ♂ upperside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1c. Spialia orbifer ♀ upperside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1d. Spialia orbifer ♂ underside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1e. Spialia orbifer♂ upperside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
Description
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Small butterfly. Fw: 11-14 mm. Smaller than Spialia phlomidis.
Upf: white postdiscal spots in a regular row, submarginal spots well defined often in a complete series.
Uph: submarginal spots well defined often in a complete series.
Unh: pale reddish-brown gc with equal ovale-round dots.
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Slightly larger, otherwise similar markings.
Similar species
All Pyrgus species
Upf: two outwards displaced pd spots.
Spialia phlomidis
Larger Spialia.
Upf:
White base of costa.
Larger white spots.
Uph:
Prominent, white discal spot.
Unh:
Paler gc.
No oval spot at the base.
White discal band.
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Life cycle
Adults: two generations from April to September.
Egg: 1 week.
Caterpillar: full-grown larva is overwintering hidden under a withered leaf of the host plant.
Pupa: about 14 days.
Habitat
Spialia orbifer inhabits different rough grasslands with single shrubs and numerous flowering plants up to 1700 m a.s.l.
Spatial requirement low, population density can be high.
Foodplants
Caterpillar feed on Rosaceae: Sanguisorba minor, S. officinalis and Rubus idaeus.
Butterflies feed on a variety of flowers.
Distribution
Albania: widespread.
Balkan: AL - BG - BIH - GR - HR - NMK - MNE - RKS - RO - SLO - SRB
Europe: IB - IT* - ALP - BAL - NWE - UK - SCA - EEU
Asia Minor, Near East, Transcaucasia, Caucasus and further east.
Conservation status
Spialia orbifer is not endangered.
Albanian Red List: NE.
IUCN Red List, category at the Mediterranean level: LC.
Useful links
Pyrgus.de
Lepiforum
Euroleps
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