Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Polyommatus damon)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Polyommatus → subgenus Agrodiaetus → species Polyommatus damon

Species name(s)

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Agrodiaetus damon = Papilio damon [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Polyommatus ausonia Verity, 1915. [9, 10, 85, 187]

Damon Blue.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny*; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky*; #27. Pribaikalsky.

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

Forewing length

15—17 mm.

Primary colors

Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Agrodiaetus damon. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria ?, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia , Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central (?), Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal (?) Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Tuva , South-West-Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Distribution - disjunctive Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Fore wing length 1.5-1.7 cm, with females slightly smaller than males. From similar species can be notedPolyommatus coridon. The upper side of the wings of this species in both sexes teal. Alpine form has a more brilliant color. [5].

General info about Imago

Habitats - forest edges and roadsides, overgrown fields and mountains of medium height. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Onobrychis, indifferent to the caterpillars ants Lasius niger, L. alienus, Formica pratensis. [28].
Fodder rasteniemi are different types of sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa and O. arenaria). In addition, the caterpillars Polyommatus damon can visit with ants and eat their eggs and pupae. [5].

Subspecies of Polyommatus damon

Agrodiaetus damon acuta Agenjo, 1970. [187]
P. d. cabrerae De Sagarra, 1932. [187]
P. d. centralitalica Dannehl, 1927. [187]
P. d. damon. [9]
P. d. iris Agenjo, 1970. [187]
P. d. kotshubeji Sovinsky, 1915. [187]
P. d. kotshubeji (Sovinsky, 1915). [9]
P. d. merzbacheri Courvoisier, 1913. [187]
P. d. merzbacheri (Courvoisier, 1913). [9]
P. d. mongolensis (Koçak, 1980). [9]
P. d. mongolica Forster, 1971. [187]
P. d. noguerae de Sagarra, 1924. [187]
P. d. noguerae (De Sagarra, 1924). [9]
P. d. punctata Lütkemeyer, 1920. [187]
P. d. rufosaturior Verity, 1943. [187]
P. d. scheffeli Lütkemeyer, 1921. [187]
P. d. ultramarina Schawerda, 1924. [187]
P. d. zhicharevi (Sovinsky, 1915). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Mario Maier, Alexander Belousov.

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