Apatura metis (Freyer, 1829)

Самка (Apatura metis)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Apaturinae → tribe Apaturini → genus Apatura → species Apatura metis

Species name(s)

Apatura metis (Freyer, 1829) = Apatura iris abramovi Kurentzov, 1970 = Apatura ilia krylovi Kurentzov, 1937. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8545

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White, Irisated.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Macedonia, Russia, Romania, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, the Lower Amur, Lower Volga, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril. [3].
Regions of the Russian Federation: Sredneobskaya. [147].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Salix alba. [28].

Subspecies of Apatura metis

Apatura metis bunea Heriich-Schäffer, [1845]. [9]
A. m. doii Matsumura, 1928. [9]
A. m. heijona Matsumura, 1928. [9]
A. m. irtyshika Korshunov, 1982. [9]
A. m. separata Tuzov, 2000. [9]
A. m. substituta Butler, 1873. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexandr Zhakov, Vladimir Mescheryakov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Fedor Ovechkin.

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
[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
[147] Красная книга Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа: Животные, растения, грибы / Редактор-составитель А. М. Васин. - Екатеринбург: "Пакрус", 2003. - 376 с., илл.