LEPIDOPTERA

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

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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.)