Muschampia mohammed

Muschampia mohammed, the Barbary skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.^[1] It is endemic to Morocco and Algeria. It is found in dry and flower-rich areas between 1,500 and 2,000 meters.

Muschampia mohammed
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Muschampia
Species:	M. mohammed
Binomial name
Muschampia mohammed (Oberthür, 1887)
Synonyms
Syrichthus mohammed Oberthür, 1887 Syrichthus ahmed Oberthür, 1912 Hesperia caid Le Cerf, 1923

The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm, although the first generation is smaller, with a forewing length of about 14 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June in two generations.

The larvae feed on Phlomis species.