Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
Habitat: semidesert
(Sinai, June 2008)
Original description
„Carcharodus stauderi, species nova“ Reverdin, J.-L., 1913 (Notes sur les genres Hesperia et Carcharodus. - Bull. Soc. lépid. Genève, 2 (4): 225; Pl. 21, Fig. 5, 12, Pl. 22, Fig. 3, 7). Locus typicus: El Kantara (southern Algeria).
Diagnosis
Resembles closely C. baeticus, secure determiation only possible by analysis of the genitalia. Male with hair tuft on forewing underside.
Genitalia
(Female genitalia to follow)
Subspecies
Apart from the nominotypical subspecies two more subspecies have been described: ramses from Egypt and ambiguus (Turkey and Middle East).
Distribution
Northern Africa, Levant to some Greek island (Kos, Rhodos). Middle east to Iran.
Flight time
Several generations. The phenology is still poorly known. Hibernates probably as half-grown caterpillar.
Ecology and habitats
Dry and hot areas. This ist the most heat-tolerant species of the genus, it even lives in semideserts (e.g. on Sinai peninsula).
Hostplants
Still insufficiently known. Found on Ballota undulata, but is probably feeding on other species of Ballota and maybe Marrubium).
Important literature and internet links
Eurobutterflies (Matt Rowlings)
Carcharodus on www.nic.funet.fi
Important literature
Albrecht, Martin & Kissling, Thomas (2013)
Observations on the ecology and habitat of Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913 on the Greek island of Kalymnos (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 34 (1/2): 1-8. Frankfurt a. M.
C. stauderi Male
Greece, Tilos
leg. A. Olivier, GP W. de Prins
C. stauderi Aedeagus
Greece, Tilos
leg. A. Olivier, GP W. de Prins
C. stauderi Valva
Greece, Tilos
leg. A. Olivier, GP W. de Prins
C. stauderi male
Sinai, e.o. 20. 08. 2008
C. stauderi male
Sinai, e.o. 20. 08. 2008
C. stauderi male
Sinai, e.o. 20. 08. 2008
C. stauderi female
Sinai, e.o. 9. 09. 2008
C. stauderi female
Sinai, e.o. 9. 09. 2008
Male
(Greece, Kalymnos, June 2012)
Habitat
(Greece, Kalymnos, June 2012)
4th instar larva (parasitized)
(Greece, Kalymnos)
June 2012
Pupa
(Greece, Kalymnos)
June 2012
Copulation
(Greece, Kalymnos)
June 2012
Female
(Greece, Kalymnos)
June 2012
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