Thymelicus hyrax

Thymelicus hyrax, the Levantine skipper, is a butterfly in family Hesperiidae that lives in Iran, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Northwest Caucasus, Turkey, Greece, Lesbos, Chios, Samos and Rhodes

Life cycle
The species predominantly inhabits dry areas, otherwise open woodlands, occupying an elevation range of up to 2000 metres above sea level. The larval host plant is probably Achnatherum bromoides. Butterflies take wing from June till August in a single generation.