Zygaena erythrus (Hubner, 1806)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Mesembrynus → species Zygaena erythrus
Species name(s)
Zygaena (Mesembrynus) erythrus (Hubner, 1806) = Sphinx erythrus Hübner, 1806 = Zygaena saportae Boisduval, 1829 = Zygaena (Mesembrynus) erythrus = Zygaena verityi Stefanelli 1909.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Italy, Sicily, France. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Italy (mainland), Sicily, France (mainland). [10]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Eryngium. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Zygaena erythrus
- Z. e. actae (Burgeff, 1926).
- Z. e. actae Burgeff, 1926.
- Z. e. azurica Reiss, 1958.
- Z. e. dujardini Leinfest, 1965.
- Z. e. erythrus (Hubner, 1806).
- Z. e. irpinoides Burgeff, 1926.
- Z. e. janua Storace, 1956.
- Z. e. miserrima (Verity, 1922).
- Z. e. miserrima Verity, 1922.
- Z. e. pedemontana Rocci, 1930.
- Z. e. saportae (Boisduval, 1829).
- Z. e. saportae Boisduval, 1829.
- Z. e. witti Wiegel, [1973.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Paolo Mazzei. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
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