Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Scolitantides → species Scolitantides orion

Species name(s)

Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771) = Papilio orion Pallas, 1771 = Papilio battus [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Papilio telephii Esper, 1778 = Papilio sedi Fabricius, 1781 = Polyommatus hecateus Drapier, 1819 = Scolitantides ultraornata Verity, 1937. [9, 10]

Chequered Blue.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny*; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

13—15 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Macedonia, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia,Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West (?), The European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Okhotsk, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Average Okhotsk , Average Urals, Tuva,South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Southern Alps valley (at an altitude of 1300 m), the Balkan Peninsula, in addition - in some places in the south of Scandinavia and Finland. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - from 1.3 to 1.5 cm. The Scandinavian butterflies painted in a much more intense blue color than others. [5].

General info about Imago

Prefers rocky terrain. [5].

Imago lifespan

Orion flies in two generations from May to mid-June and mid-July to August. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Sedum. [28].
Scolitantides orion feeds on stonecrop (Sedum). [5].

Larva lifespan

August-September and June-July. [5].

Overwintering stage

Pupa. [5].

Subspecies of Scolitantides orion

Scolitantides orion athene Hemming, 1934. [187]
S. o. battus Denis & Schiffermüller, 1776. [187]
S. o. dageletensis Seok, 1938. [187]
S. o. jeholana Matsumura, 1949. [187]
S. o. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1919). [9]
S. o. johanseni (Wnukowsky, 1934). [9]
S. o. lariana Fruhstorfer, 1910. [187]
S. o. matsumuranus Bryk, 1946. [187]
S. o. metioche Fruhstorfer, 1910. [187]
S. o. micrometioche Verity, 1946. [187]
S. o. orion. [9]
S. o. orithyia Grum-Grshimailo, 1891. [187]
S. o. parvula De Sagarra, 1926. [187]
S. o. rosarioi Motta & Lozares, 1976. [187]
S. o. tytleri Evans, 1924. [187]
S. o. ultraornata Verity, 1937. [187]
S. o. wahlgreni Bryk, 1946. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Yury Sokolkov, Yuriy Karpov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org