Rhyparia purpurata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Rhyparia purpurata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Rhyparia → species Rhyparia purpurata

Species name(s)

Rhyparia purpurata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Diacrisia purpurata. [9, 10]

Purple Tiger.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 8.

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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

23—25 mm.

Wingspan

42—50 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Orange, Yellow, 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

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania,Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
For the most part south of the Alps, in the north - disjunctive. He lives in the European part of Russia. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - in the region of 2.5 cm. The top of the front wings is dark yellow with brown spots. Hind wings red with black spots. Males - long mustache comb. [5].
Wingspan: 42-50 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

Wet meadows, glades and hills - a meeting place with this. [5].

Imago lifespan

Mid-June - July. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Salix, Taraxacum, Sorbus, Trifolium, Vaccinium, Plantago, Galium, Achillea, Artemisia, Hieracium, Scrophularia. [28].
Heather, wormwood, bedstraw. [5].
Oak (Quercus), Elm (Ulmus), willow (Salix), Plum (Prunus), Rowan (Sorbus), raspberry (Rubus), broom (Cytisus), clover (Trifolium), bedstraw (Galium), plantain (Plantago), Yarrow (Achillea), wormwood (Artemisia), hawkweed (Hieracium), Elecampane (Inula) [PC93].

Larva lifespan

August-June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Rhyparia purpurata

Rhyparia purpurata gerda Warnecke, 1918. [9]
R. p. purpurata. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Ilia Ustiantcev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov