Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Elymniini → subtribe Lethina → genus Lopinga → species Lopinga achine

Species name(s)

Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763) = Lasiommata achine = Papilio achine Scopoli, 1763 = Maniola achine = Pararge achine. [9, 10, 85]

Woodland Brown.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 15.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #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; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

24—28 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

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

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Lasiommata achine. [85].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France ( mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy , Primorye, Sakhalin,Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Krupnoglazka missing in the south and the north of Europe, but flying in France, Central and Eastern Europe. In temperate zones of L. achine area extends right up to Japan. In the mountains butterfly reaches a height of 1000 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing 2,4 or even 2.8 cm. On the wings - large eyes with yellow or orange strokes. [5].

General info about Imago

Typical habitat - old mixed-deciduous forests with dense undergrowth. [5].

Imago lifespan

Flight from mid-June to July. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
The caterpillar feeds on Lopinga achine different forest grasses. [5].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillars are found from August to May, winter. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Lopinga achine

Lopinga achine achinoides (Butler, 1878). [9]
L. a. amata Bryk, 1951. [187]
L. a. catena (Leech, 1890). [9]
L. a. chosensis (Matsumura, 1929). [9]
L. a. eximia Staudinger, 1892. [187]
L. a. gigas Verity, 1935. [187]
L. a. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1919). [9]
L. a. karafutonis Matsumura, 1928. [9]
L. a. kenteiana Bryk, 1953. [187]
L. a. kurilensis (Matsumura, 1928). [9]
L. a. latealba Verity, 1935. [187]
L. a. olleri Bryk, 1951. [187]
L. a. oniwakiensis Y. Yazaki & Hiramoto, 1981. [9]
L. a. pusilla Kurentzov, 1966. [187]
L. a. rambringi Bryk, 1951. [187]
L. a. suecica Bryk, 1951. [187]
L. a. uralensis Bryk, 1953. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Sakhno, Vladimir Mescheryakov.

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
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org