Zygaena exulans (Hohenwarth, 1792)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Zygaena → species Zygaena exulans
Species name(s)
Zygaena (Zygaena) exulans (Hohenwarth, 1792) = Sphinx exulans Hohenwarth, 1792 = Zygaena (Zygaena) exulans = Zygaena semistriata Tutt 1908 = Zygaena analiconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena analielongata Vorbrodt 1931 = Zygaena apicaliconfluens Bischoff 1967 = Zygaena apicalielongata Vorbrodt 1931 = Zygaena clara Tutt 1894 = Zygaena confluens Dziurzynski 1902 = Zygaena confluens Oberthür 1910 = Zygaena costaliconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena costalielongata Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena crassimaculata Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena exilioides Burgeff 1926 = Zygaena flavicornis Reiss 1950 = Zygaena fulva Spuler 1906 = Zygaena medioconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena omniconfluens Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena pallida Tutt 1897 = Zygaena parallela Vorbrodt 1913 = Zygaena pseudoscabiosae Hoffmann 1911. [9, 10, 187]
Mountain Burnet.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#2. Kolsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky.
Forewing length
13—15 mm.
Primary colors
Red, Green, Blue, 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 |
Over-wintering stage
Larva.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, Norway, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Isles, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Macedonia, Norway (mainland), Russia, Romania, Finland, France (mainland), Switzerland, Sweden , Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Pribaikalskiy, Tuva. [3].
- The Alps and the Pyrenees, to 1800-3000 m. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing - from 1.3 to 1.5 cm, the background of black and red spots - 3 pieces plus one pretornal. The hind wings are red. There are much similar views. [5].
General info about Imago
- Venues - forb meadows in the highlands. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Alpine zygaenidae occurs from July to August. [5].
General info about Larva
- Track Zygaena exulans do not live alone, and gathering in groups, and also winter, with usually two times instead of one. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Astragalus, Rumex, Carex, Polygonum, Salix, Thymus, Vaccinium, Saxifraga. [28].
- Representatives legumes. [5].
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Zygaena exulans
- Zygaena exulans alpigena Le Charles, 1942. [187]
- Z. e. altaretensis Le Charles, 1942. [187]
- Z. e. altayensis Dabrowski, 1977. [187]
- Z. e. apennina Rebel, 1910. [187]
- Z. e. apfelbecki Rebel, 1910. [187]
- Z. e. bourgognei Le Charles, 1942. [187]
- Z. e. exsiliens Staudinger, 1881. [187]
- Z. e. montenegrina Burgeff, 1926. [187]
- Z. e. nivicola Le Charles, 1942. [187]
- Z. e. polaris Holik, 1935. [187]
- Z. e. pyrenaica Burgeff, 1926. [187]
- Z. e. sajana Burgeff, 1926. [187]
- Z. e. seekaarensis Koch, 1940. [187]
- Z. e. stenistigma Dujardin, 1956. [187]
- Z. e. subochracea White, 1871/72. [187]
- Z. e. vanadis Dalman, 1816. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Diego Reggianti, Paolo Mazzei. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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