Plebejus pylaon (Fischer von Waldheim, 1832)

Самец Plebejus pylaon

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Plebejus (Plebijides) pylaon (Fischer von Waldheim, 1832) = Plebeius pylaon (Fischer von Waldheim, 1832) = Lycaena pylaon Fischer de Waldheim, 1832 = cyane (Freyer, [1845]) = Plebejides pylaon = Polyommatus (Albulina) pylaon = Lycaena cyane Freyer, 1845 = Lycaena zephyrus Herrich-Schäffer, 1843. [3, 9, 10, 187]

Zephyr Blue.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky*; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

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

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Plebeius pylaon. [3].

Distribution

Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Russia Ukraine. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian (?), South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Astragalus exscapus, Astragalus dasyanthus, Astragalus parnassi cyllenus, Astragalus angustifolius, Astragalus creticus rumelicus, caterpillars to ants partial birth Bothriomyrmex, Tapinoma, Lasius, Camponotus, Tetramorium, Formica. [28].

Subspecies of Plebejus pylaon

Plebejus pylaon akbesiana Oberthür, 1904. [187]
P. p. augustanus Metzer, 1956. [187]
P. p. brethertoni Brown, 1976. [187]
P. p. cleopatra Hemming, 1934. [9]
P. p. delattini Junge, 1971. [9]
P. p. galani Agenjo, 1967. [187]
P. p. indica Evans, 1925. [187]
P. p. iranica Forster, 1938. [187]
P. p. katunensis Balint & Lukhtanov, 1990. [9]
P. p. lycidas Trapp, 1863. [187]
P. p. matildae Bustillo & Rubio, 1972. [187]
P. p. ordubadi Forster, 1938. [187]
P. p. pardoi Bustillo & Rubio, 1972. [187]
P. p. pylaon. [9]
P. p. sephyrus Frivaldsky, 1835. [187]
P. p. solimana (Forster, 1938). [9]
P. p. tadjikus Tschikolovetz, ?. [9]
P. p. usbekus Forster. [187]
P. p. zephyrinus Christoph, 1884. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov.

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
[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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23.06.2009 21:24, Boris Stradomsky

(= Cyane (Fryer, 1845)).
Description. Length of front wing 12-17 mm. The male on top of the wings of purple and blue, with very little darkened veins on the hind wings are sometimes translucent red marginal spots; a female - brown with clarified the apex of the front wings and orange marginal holes on the rear fenders.The underside of the wings from white to light gray. Drawing the bottom of the wings very contrasting elements figure large. Marginal black spots bottom rear wings without the blue scales.
The length of the valve is 1.6-1.8 mm.
Biology. Xerophytic grasslands, steppes, semi-deserts. Years of adults: mid May - late June in 1 generation.Forage plants caterpillars: Astragalus spp.
Related and similar species. Species of the genus Plebeius (except subgenus Plebejides): on the inside of the valve is not an outgrowth of the ridge; P. sephirus: marginal black spots bottom rear wings often with blue scales, lower wing is darker; P. zephyrinus: bottom wings darker, the top ridge of the valve has a more complex form.