LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • THYMELICUS Hubner, [1819]

    
    

    • Thymelicus stigma Staudinger, 1886

Thymelicus stigma Staudinger, 1886

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Samarkand" [Zeravshansky Mts.].

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

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Mountain systems of the Ghissarsky and Zeravshansky Mt. randes, known from very few localities. It seems rather constant in external features.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. River valleys in the mountains. Flight period: June-July.

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