Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Theclinae → tribe Eumaeini → genus Satyrium → species Satyrium spini
Species name(s)
Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Nordmannia spini (Fabricius, 1787) = Papilio spini Fabricius, 1787 = Papilio lynceus Esper, 1779 = Papilio cerasi Herbst, 1804 = Normannia ilicis pruni = Fixenia spini = Strymonidia spini.
Blue-spot Hairstreak
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.
Primary colors
Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Nordmannia spini. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Distribution
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky, Middle Urals, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean, Slovakia, Slovenia,Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Rhamnus. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Satyrium spini
- S. s. melantho (Klug, 1834).
- S. s. spini.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Victor Titov, Jan van Holten. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [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
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