Zygaena exulans (Hohenwarth, 1792)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Zygaena → species Zygaena exulans

Species name(s)

Zygaena (Zygaena) exulans (Hohenwarth, 1792) = Sphinx exulans Hohenwarth, 1792 = Zygaena (Zygaena) exulans = Zygaena semistriata Tutt 1908 = Zygaena analiconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena analielongata Vorbrodt 1931 = Zygaena apicaliconfluens Bischoff 1967 = Zygaena apicalielongata Vorbrodt 1931 = Zygaena clara Tutt 1894 = Zygaena confluens Dziurzynski 1902 = Zygaena confluens Oberthür 1910 = Zygaena costaliconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena costalielongata Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena crassimaculata Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena exilioides Burgeff 1926 = Zygaena flavicornis Reiss 1950 = Zygaena fulva Spuler 1906 = Zygaena medioconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena omniconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena pallida Tutt 1897 = Zygaena parallela Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena pseudoscabiosae Hoffmann 1911. [9, 10, 187]

Mountain Burnet.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#2. Kolsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky.

Forewing length

13—15 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Green, 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

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, Norway, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Isles, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Macedonia, Norway (mainland), Russia, Romania, Finland, France (mainland), Switzerland, Sweden , Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Pribaikalskiy, Tuva. [3].
The Alps and the Pyrenees, to 1800-3000 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - from 1.3 to 1.5 cm, the background of black and red spots - 3 pieces plus one pretornal. The hind wings are red. There are much similar views. [5].

General info about Imago

Venues - forb meadows in the highlands. [5].

Imago lifespan

Alpine zygaenidae occurs from July to August. [5].

General info about Larva

Track Zygaena exulans do not live alone, and gathering in groups, and also winter, with usually two times instead of one. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Astragalus, Rumex, Carex, Polygonum, Salix, Thymus, Vaccinium, Saxifraga. [28].
Representatives legumes. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Zygaena exulans

Zygaena exulans alpigena Le Charles, 1942. [187]
Z. e. altaretensis Le Charles, 1942. [187]
Z. e. altayensis Dabrowski, 1977. [187]
Z. e. apennina Rebel, 1910. [187]
Z. e. apfelbecki Rebel, 1910. [187]
Z. e. bourgognei Le Charles, 1942. [187]
Z. e. exsiliens Staudinger, 1881. [187]
Z. e. montenegrina Burgeff, 1926. [187]
Z. e. nivicola Le Charles, 1942. [187]
Z. e. polaris Holik, 1935. [187]
Z. e. pyrenaica Burgeff, 1926. [187]
Z. e. sajana Burgeff, 1926. [187]
Z. e. seekaarensis Koch, 1940. [187]
Z. e. stenistigma Dujardin, 1956. [187]
Z. e. subochracea White, 1871/72. [187]
Z. e. vanadis Dalman, 1816. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Diego Reggianti, Paolo Mazzei.

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