Thymelicus hyrax
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| Levantine skipper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Thymelicus |
| Species: | T. hyrax
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| Thymelicus hyrax (Lederer, 1861)
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Thymelicus hyrax, the Levantine skipper, is a butterfly in family Hesperiidae that lives in Iran, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Northwest Caucasus, Turkey, Greece, Lesbos, Chios, Samos and Rhodes[1]
Life cycle[edit]
The species predominantly inhabits dry areas, otherwise open woodlands, occupying an elevation range of up to 2000 metres above sea level. The larval host plant is probably Achnatherum bromoides. Butterflies take wing from June till August in a single generation.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Hesselbarth G., Van Oorschot H., Wagener S. 1995. Die Tagfalter der Turkei. Band 1-3. Selbstverlag Sigbert Wagener. 1354 pp.
- ^ Thymelicus at Funet.fi http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/thymelicus/
- ^ Thymelicus hyrax at Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/thymelicus-hyrax.html
External links[edit]
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