Spialia osthelderi, Osthelder's skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Asia Minor, the Middle East to Lebanon and through Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan.Russian Insects The habitat consists of dry stream beds and stony slopes in mountainous areas up to altitudes of 2,600 meters.
Adults are on wing from April to May, probably in two generations per year.
Subspecies Spialia osthelderi osthelderi (Asia Minor to the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, western Iran) Spialia osthelderi gecko Evans, 1949 (Kopet-Dagh and Iran to Afghanistan, Sussamyr Mountains)
References
External links AdaMerOs - Butterflies of Turkey Systematics and evolution of the Palaearctic Spialia species (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)