Carcharodus dravira (Moore, 1874)

Original description

„Pyrgus dravira“ Moore, F. 1874 (Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1874: 576; Taf. 67, Fig. 5, Female). Type locality „Cashmere (Capt. H. B. Hellard)“.

Diagnosis

Very similar C. orientalis; determination only by genitalia analysis.

Genitalia

(Female genitalia to follow)

Subspecies

No information available due to the scarcity of material.

Distribution

Central Asia (Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kashmir, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Kyrghizstan). Mountain species. The figured specimens are from northeastern Iran.

Flight time

Pobably only one generation. Field resarch necessary.

Ecology and habitats

Not sufficiently known. Found in dry, rocky habitats and dry riverbeds.

Host plants

Iran: Stachys, Marrubium.

Remarks

More field research necessary.

Important Literature and internet links

Russian-insects.com

Devyatkin, A.L. (1991): Review of skippers of the genus Carcharodus Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) of the USSR. – Entomological Review, 70 (7): 82–98. [Original russian version in Entmologicheskoye Obozreniye 69 (4): 925–940 (1990)]