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In the catalog of 2016 it is written: Heydemann described the taxon nigrita in the erroneous status of the subspecies Lomaspilis opis nigrita Heydemann, 1936, not finding obvious structural differences from opis in the genitals and not taking into account the fact of sympatry of opis and nigrita in the Russian DV (in his publication a typical male nigrita from "Ussuri" is illustrated). The ...
Andrey, a big request: submit corrections on the definition of photos at the pages of photos, and not at the pages of the species they illustrate.
To the request on the page https://insecta.pro/ru/taxonomy/199154: while I'm creating a taxon of this kind (based on ZIN et al.), there will be a curator of the taxon — if necessary, he will move it.
Very variable species. Not uncommon. Active flying from mid-September to mid-October. It is not active on the nightscreen, but it does not sit under the lamp. Noted: Belgorod region. around S. Boldyrevka,. ur. "Mukhanovo – Shelenkovo", oak forest edge and around Golovino, ur. "Verkina river",
Dear Peter, not a very rare butterfly for the Mukhanovo tract of the Belgorod region. During the active flying period, from 5 to 7 specimen are observed. As for the other places in the Belgorod region, it is not observed. Especially massively flies in late September to mid-October. This information was transmitted to A.Yu. Matov.
In the distribution section, you can specify the Rostov region. Two specimens were caught in a private yard, photos are on display.
The photos were moved to Heterarthrus fasciatus (Andrey has confirmed the species but he didn't send the message to the website).
What are you talking about, Stanislav? Does your post refer to the page "Polia. serratilinea (Ochsenheimer, 1816)"? two photos on the page are butterflies from the Volgograd region and are identified correctly. Polia lama Staudinger,1896, it is not marked for Europe. There is a third photo from Kyrgyzstan in the gallery of this species. If your post is for this photo, then it is advisable to ...
Move old photos to Pristiphora gerula (Konow, 1904) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38338681
Corrected data. Elaphropus latissimus (Motschulsky 1839) → Elaphropus (Elaphropus) latissimus (Motschulsky 1839).
There is a message about the first photo of Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii in 90 years: http://www.thesikkimchronicle.com/sikkim-rediscovery-of-rare-butterfly/ The first photographic record and rediscovery of a rare butterfly named Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii - from Sikkim by Tenzing W. Bhutia (B.O) KNP and a member of BAMOS-NCS. The species is still known in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, V. ...
Corrected data. Scarabaeus acuticollis Motschulsky, 1849 → Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) acuticollis Motschulsky, 1849.