Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Limenitidinae → tribe Limenitidini → genus Limenitis → species Limenitis populi

Species name(s)

Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio populi Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio tremulae Esper, 1800 = semiramis Schrank, 1801 = Limenitis populi rilocola Seitz, 1908 = populi goliath Fruhstorfer, 1908 = populi eumenius Fruhstorfer, 1908 = monochroma Gillmer, 1909 = helena Metzner, 1926 = bifulvata Cabeau, 1926 = excelsior Reiss, 1942 = minor Caruel, 1947 = infranigrans Verity, 1950 = suberrima Schultze = radiata Schultze = diluta Spuler = Limenitis semiramis Schrank 1801.

Poplar Admiral

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8583

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; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

36—40 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

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June

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November

December

Larva lifespan

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Synonyms and combinations

Camilla populi. [3]. Peter Khramov.

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, 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, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside,North-Ural, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland) Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia,Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.

Larva food plants

Populus tremula. [28]. Peter Khramov.

Subspecies Limenitis populi

L. p. batangensis Huang, 2001.
L. p. bucovinensis Hormuzaki, 1897.
L. p. enapius Fruhstorfer, 1908.
L. p. eumenius Fruhstorfer, 1908.
L. p. excelsior Reiss, 1942.
L. p. fruhstorferi Krulikowsky, 1909.
L. p. goliath Fruhstorfer, 1908.
L. p. infranigrans Verity, 1950.
L. p. jezoensis Matsumura, 1919.
L. p. kingana Matsumura, 1939.
L. p. populi.
L. p. szechwanica Murayama, 1981.
L. p. ussuriensis Staudinger, 1887.

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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