Muschampia lavatherae
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| Species: | C. lavatherae
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| Carcharodus lavatherae Esper, 1783
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Carcharodus lavatherae, the marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Rhine Rift Valley in central Germany up to North Africa and from south-eastern France up to Anatolia.
The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The butterfly gives one generation per year and flies from May to July depending on the location.[1]
The larvae feed on Stachys recta and Sideritis scordioides in Southern Europe.
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