Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780)

Имаго (Eumedonia eumedon)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → genus Eumedonia → species Eumedonia eumedon

Species name(s)

Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780) = Aricia eumedon (Esper, [1780]) = Papilio eumedon Esper, 1780 = Papilio chiron Rottemburg, 1775 = Cupido fylgia Spangberg, 1876 = Lycaena alticola Christoph, 1893 = Papilio bellinus Prunner, 1798 = Papilio chiron Rottemburg, 1775 = Papilio cleon Schneider, 1787 = Cupido fylgia Spangberg, 1876.

Geranium Argus

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Synonyms and combinations

Aricia eumedon. [3]. Peter Khramov.

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia,Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Kazakhstan Personal communication. Alexander Belousov.

Larva food plants

Geranium. [28]. Peter Khramov.

Subspecies Eumedonia eumedon

E. e. aladaghensis Koçak, 1979.
E. e. albica (Dubatolov, 1997).
E. e. alpicola Kolar, 1926.
E. e. ambigua (Staudinger, 1899).
E. e. antiqua (Staudinger, 1899).
E. e. antiqua Staudinger, 1899.
E. e. arenicola Burrau, 1953.
E. e. axarquia Gil-T., 2004.
E. e. bolivariensis De Sagarra, 1932.
E. e. borealis (Wahlgren, 1930).
E. e. eumedon.
E. e. fylgida (Gorbunov, 1995).
E. e. glaciata Verity, 1921.
E. e. mariensis Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1975.
E. e. modesta (Nekrutenko, 1972).
E. e. modestus Nekrutenko, 1972.
E. e. montriensis Nel 1976.
E. e. mylitta (Hemming, 1932).
E. e. mylitta Hemming, 1932.
E. e. nitschei Hemming, 1933.
E. e. osiris Bang-Haas, 1928.
E. e. praticola Burrau, 1953.
E. e. privata Staudinger, 1895.
E. e. sarykola (Sheljuzhko, 1914).
E. e. stauderi Bollow, 1931.
E. e. sundalensis Opheim, 1945.
E. e. timida (Grum-Grshimailo, 1885).

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

Color 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
[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
Alexander Belousov, personal communication