LEPIDOPTERA

• H E S P E R I I D A E Latreille, 1809

  • MUSCHAMPIA Tutt, [1906]

    
    

    • Muschampia nobilis (Staudinger, 1882)

Muschampia nobilis (Staudinger, 1882)

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Ferab (Samarkand)" [Farob, Zeravshansky Mts., Tajikistan].

• RANGE. Confined to the mountains of Middle Asia (Ghissar-Darvaz).

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Ghissar (Ghissarsky, Turkestansky, Zeravshansky, Baisun-Tau Mts.), N. Alai(?) ("Marghelan"), Darvaz (Peter 1 Mts.). Variation has been revealed in size and intensity of the white spots on UPS and UNS; geographical variation has not been studied due to insufficient material.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Flight in the mountains from 2,000 to 3,700 m a.s.l. in a single generation (July).

• SIMILAR SPECIES. M. kuenlunus: darker, FW less strongly pointed, UPS whitish suffusion fainter, white spots intensive, submarginal spots present on both sides.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997