Muschampia stauderi

Muschampia stauderi, Stauder's skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

The species is distributed from Morocco to Asia Minor and northern Iran, including Transcaucasia.

stauderi closely resembles other Muschampia but is separable by features of the underside hindwing.

The species inhabits mostly mountain steppe areas, dominated by legume plants and grasses.

[3] This species was formerly a member of the genus Carcharodus, but was transferred to Muschampia as a result of genomic research published in 2020.