Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda, 1761) = Papilio alexis Poda, 1761 = Papilio cyllarus Rottemburg, 1775 = subalexis Obraztsov, 1936 = tshatkala (Korb, 1997) = Glaucopsyche alexis aeruginosa = Papilio bronte Bergstrasser, 1779 = Papilio cyllarus Rottemburg, 1775 = Papilio damaetas Hübner, 1799/800 = Papilio damoetas Schiffermüller, 1776 = Papilio dymus Herbst, 1804 = Papilio phobos Bergstrasser, 1779.

Green-underside Blue

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky.

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

Primary colors

Green, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Northeast (?), The European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norway (mainland), Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia . [10]. Peter Khramov.

Larva food plants

Astragalus, Galega, Vicia, Coronilla, Calicotome, Spartium, Medicago, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Cytisus, Colutea and others of the family Fabaceae, indifferent to the caterpillars ants genera Lasius, Formica, Tapinoma, Camponotus, Myrmica, Crematogaster. [28]. Peter Khramov.

Subspecies Glaucopsyche alexis

G. a. alexis.
G. a. andereggi Rühl, 1891.
G. a. antolinezi Agenjo, 1967.
G. a. blachieri (Milliére, 1887).
G. a. helena Agenjo, 1967.
G. a. illustris Stauder, 1915.
G. a. latina Hartig, 1940.
G. a. lopedevega Agenjo, 1967.
G. a. lugens (Caradja, 1893).
G. a. maritimalpium Verity, 1928.
G. a. melanoposmater Verity, 1928.
G. a. melconi de Sagarra, 1930.
G. a. mironi Coutsis, 1976.
G. a. morena Agenjo, 1967.
G. a. parvandereggi Verity, 1938.
G. a. pauperella de Sagarra, 1927.
G. a. punctata Gouin, 1904.
G. a. safidensis Blom, 1979.
G. a. subpauper Verity, 1928.
G. a. superornata Agenjo, 1967.
G. a. tristis Gerhard, 1853.
G. a. velada Bustillo, 1973.
G. a. viriato Agenjo, 1967.

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Sazykin, Alexsandr Martukov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

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