Favria cribrellum

Favria cribrellum
Favria cribrellum, Russia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Carcharodini
Subtribe: Carcharodina
Genus: Favria
Tutt, 1906
Species:
F. cribrellum
Binomial name
Favria cribrellum
(Eversmann, 1841)

Favria is a monotypic genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This genus was formerly a synonym of Muschampia, and its only species, Favria cribrellum, was formerly a member of Muschampia. The species is commonly known as the spinose skipper.

The spinose skipper, a species of arid regions, is found in northern Hungary, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, through Ukraine, southern Russia, up to the Altai and the Amur region.

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