LEPIDOPTERA
H E S P E R I I D A E Latreille, 1809
CARCHARODUS Hubner, 1819
Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
• TYPE LOCALITY. . Algeria (Prov. Constantine and Oran) and Tunisia.
• RANGE. N. Africa, Rhodes Island, Asia Minor to Palestine and N. Iran.
• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. S. Transcaucasia (Nakhichevan, Talysh), populated by the ssp. ambigua Verity, 1925.
• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Xerothermic landscapes in the mountains. In different parts of its range, C. stauderi can fly from March to October, possibly in several generations. Host plants: Marrubium vulgare in Algeria, Nepeta floccosa in Egypt.
• SIMILAR SPECIES. C. alceae: male lacking a UNF hair tuft. C. flocciferus, C. orientalis, C. dravira: genitalia different (Fig.).
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997
Fig. Male genitalia of some Carcharodus (right clasp and aedeagus): 1 - C. flocciferus (Armenia); 2 - C. orientalis (Talysh); 3 - C. stauderi (Nakhichevan); 4 - C. dravira (W. Kopet-Dagh Mts.)