Muschampia tessellum (Hubner, 1803)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Pyrginae → tribe Pyrgini → genus Muschampia → species Muschampia tessellum
Species name(s)
Muschampia tessellum (Hubner, 1803) = Papilio tessellum Hübner, [1800-1803] = hibisci Boeber, 1812 = mazzola Ochsenheimer, 1816 = Syrichtus tessellum.
Tessellated Skipper
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny*; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Greece, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga (?), Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Bulgaria, Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine. [10]. Peter Khramov.
- Kazakhstan Personal communication. Alexander Belousov.
Larva food plants
- Phlomis samia. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Muschampia tessellum
- M. t. cribrelloides Warren, 1926.
- M. t. dilutior Rühl.
- M. t. nigricans Mabille, 1909.
- M. t. nigricans Mabille, 1909.
- M. t. nobilis Staudinger, 1882.
- M. t. nomas Lederer, 1855.
- M. t. protheon Rambur, 1858.
- M. t. tersa Evans, 1949.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov, Shamil Murtazin. Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- Alexander Belousov, personal communication
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