Appearance
"H. tessellum" Hbn.. Hindwing beneath grey-green or light olive, with three bands of light spots; the basal band, consisting of two spots, terminates in the cell: the median band very broad, reaching from veins 4 to 8; the white spot between veins 3 and 4 projects strongly from the band. Fore wing with four apical spots. From Russia throughout Anterior Asia to West China, Tibet and the Tian-shan. — The form "nigricans" form, nov., from Juldus, of which I have a female, has the upperside of the wings black; the median band of the fore-wing consists of only two spots, the lunule at the apex of the cell is absent, so that the disc bears only three white dots and a diffuse smear in interspace 2. The dots of the hindwing are reduced, obsolescent. The underside of both wings almost normal, but the centre of the forewing is nearly black, the white spots of the hindwing on the contrary broader and all very sharply developed. — "nomas" Led.[now subsp."Syrichtus tessellum" ssp. "nomas" Lederer, 1855] resembles name-typical specimens above; the underside of the hindwing,however, is uniformly white, without markings. South Russia, Asia Minor, Altai and West China..
Naming
*"Muschampia tessellum tessellum"⤷ "Muschampia tessellum cribrelloides"Warren, 1926
⤷ "Muschampia tessellum nigricans" Mabille, 1908
⤷ "Muschampia tessellum dilutior" Rühl, 1895.
Behavior
In the Altai Mountains, adults are on wing from May to July.The larvae feed on "Phlomis" species, including "Phlomis samia" in Greece and "Phlomis tuberosa" in the southern Ural.
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