CARCHARODUS DRAVIRA (MOORE, 1874)
C. dravira male
Iran, Golestan
e.o. August 2013
C. dravira male
Iran, Nord-Khorsan
June 2013
C. dravira female
Iran, North Khorsan
e.o. July 2013
C. dravira male
Iran, Nord-Khorsan
June 2013
C. dravira female
Iran, North Khorsan
e.o. July 2013
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.
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)]
Male (Iran, Golestan, June 2013)
Last instar caterpillar (Iran, Golestan)
Studio photo Juni 2013
Pupa (Iran, Golestan)
Studio photo September 2013
Femala (Iran, Nord-Khorasan, June 2013)
e.o. (studio photo, July 2013)
Habitat (Iran, Golestan, June 2013)
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