Muschampia tessellum

Muschampia tessellum, the tessellated skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the southern Balkan Peninsula (Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece and the European part of Turkey) through Ukraine, southern Russia (north to the Moscow region) and Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Mongolia, east to the Amur region.

Tessellated skipper
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Muschampia
Species:
M. tessellum
Binomial name
Muschampia tessellum
(Hübner, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Papilio tessellum Hübner, [1800-1803]
  • Muschampia hibisci Boeber, 1812
  • Muschampia mazzola Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Syrichtus tessellum

The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm, the wingspan is 32–36 mm. The upper wings are brown with numerous clear white spots on both fore- and hindwings. The underside of the wings are olive green with paler spots. Adults are on wing from the end of May to mid-August in Europe. In the Altai Mountains, adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Phlomis species, including Phlomis samia in Greece and Phlomis tuberosa in the southern Ural.

Subspecies
  • Muschampia tessellum tessellum
  • Muschampia tessellum cribrelloides
  • Muschampia tessellum nigricans
  • Muschampia tessellum dilutior
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References
  • Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0


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