Muschampia proto

Muschampia proto
Muschampia proto
Figure of Muschampia proto in Seitz.The underside is shown on the left.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Muschampia
Species: M. proto
Binomial name
Muschampia proto
(Ochsenheimer, 1816)

The Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Greece and in Macedonia.

The length of the forewings is 14-15 mm, although there are specimens with a forewing length of 15-17 mm in Morocco. Adults are on wing in April, May or even later in one generation.

The larvae feed on Phlomis species.

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