Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
![Самец (Celastrina argiolus) Самец (Celastrina argiolus)](/images/320/4942.jpg)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Celastrina → species Celastrina argiolus
Species name(s)
Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio cleobis Sulzer, 1776 = Papilio marginatus Retzius, 1783 = Papilio acis Fabricius, 1787 = paraleuca (Röber, 1897) = Celastrina argiola. [9, 10]
Holly Blue.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 9.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #5. Nenetsko-Novozemelsky tundrovy; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #18. Nizhneobsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky*.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Forewing length
13—16 mm.
Primary colors
Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Larva lifespan
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Over-wintering stage
Pupa.
![Самка (Celastrina argiolus) Самка (Celastrina argiolus)](/images/320/5824.jpg)
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic,Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk,Nenets-Novaya Zemlya tundra, Lower Volga, Nizhneobsky, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, North Yenisei, the North Urals, Mid-Amur (?) Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- The area - Europe, in the mountains at an altitude of 1000 m. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Fore wing length ranges from 1.3 to 1.6 cm. The males are smaller than females, painted in blue, females released rim wings with brown trim. [5].
General info about Imago
- Places volley - meadows, fields and forest edge. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Buckthorn copper-butterfly gives 2 generations. First mid-April - mid-June. Second: July-August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Rubus, Ribes, Rhamnus, Chamaecystis, Lupinus, Vaccinium, Vicia, Cornus, Malus, Prunus, Polygonum, Quercus, Arbutus. [28].
- Buckthorn. [5].
Larva lifespan
- The first generation of caterpillars: August-September. Second June. [5].
Overwintering stage
- Winters have Celastrina argiolus doll. [5].
Subspecies of Celastrina argiolus
- Celastrina argiolus albocaeruleoides Tutt, 1908. [187]
- C. a. antidisconulla Lempke, 1954. [187]
- C. a. argiolus. [9]
- C. a. arizonensis Edwards, 1864. [187]
- C. a. bieneri Forster, 1941. [9]
- C. a. britanna Verity, 1919. [187]
- C. a. calidogenita Verity, 1919. [187]
- C. a. canicularis Verity, 1919. [187]
- C. a. caphis (Fruhstorfer, 1922). [9]
- C. a. crimissa Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
- C. a. evansi Toxopeus, 1927. [187]
- C. a. grisescens Eisner, 1964. [187]
- C. a. heringi Kardakoff, 1928. [187]
- C. a. hypoleuca (Kollar, [1849]). [9]
- C. a. iynteana (de Nicéville, 1884). [9]
- C. a. kollari (Westwood, [1852]). [9]
- C. a. ladonides De L'Orza, 1869. [187]
- C. a. levettii Butler, 1883. [187]
- C. a. maculispostcarens Lempke, 1954. [187]
- C. a. manchurica Matsumura, 1949. [187]
- C. a. mauretanica (Rothschild, 1925). [9]
- C. a. parvipuncta Fuchs, 1880. [187]
- C. a. sikkima (Moore, [1884]). [9]
- C. a. sugurui Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov, Nikolai Vladimirov. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
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
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