title: Muschampia protheon
text: # Muschampia protheon
  
  Muschampia protheon is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Central China (Kuku-Noor) to East Mongolia and Transbaikalia ) that belongs to the skippers family.
  
  ## Description from Seitz
  
  H. protheon Rambr. (85 f). Five apical dots: all the spots of the upperside distinct. Hindwing beneath light brown; subterminal band composed of distinctly separated spots. The white spot between veins 3 and 4 less projecting than the cell-spot situated above it. South Russia.
  
  ## Biology
  
  The larva feeds on Phlomoides tuberosa.
  
  