LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • SATYRUS Latreille, 1810

    
    

    • Satyrus daubi Gross et Ebert, 1975

Satyrus daubi Gross et Ebert, 1975

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Achal Tekke, Yablonowica" [Yablonovka near Ashkhabad, Turkmenia].

· RANGE. Confined to Kopet-Dagh.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe-clad slopes at 1,400-2,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: May-July.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. S. nana: smaller; UPF with a single blind eye-spot; UNF discal area rusty-ochreous. S. iranicus: larger; UPF always with two white-pupilled eye-spots and two white spots between them; UNF discal area ochreous-brown.

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