Erynnis marloyi, commonly known as the inky skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south-eastern Europe (Greece and the Balkans) across Asia Minor to Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, southern Iran and Chitral, Pakistan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Erynnis |
| Species: | E. marloyi
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| Erynnis marloyi Boisduval, 1834
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The wingspan is 14–15 mm for males and 15–16 mm for females.
Description in Seitz
editTh. marloyi Bdv. (= sericea Frr., rustan Koll.) (86 d). Wings black; the forewing with two oblique black bands; fringes hardly lighter than the ground-colour. The light dots in interspaces 7 and 8 very distinctly white, especially on the underside, where there are three spots, one of them being vitreous. South Europe, Asia Minor, Syria and Persia. [1]
Biology
editThe habitat is dry slopes, in ravines on [[Carbonate rock |carbonate rocks]]. It is found in mountains from 600 to 2000 meters and above.
Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae feed on Rosaceae species.
References
edit- ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
External links
edit- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Russian Insects
- Erynnis marloyi at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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