Zygaena rhadamanthus (Esper, 1789)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Zygaena → species Zygaena rhadamanthus
Species name(s)
Zygaena (Zygaena) rhadamanthus (Esper, 1789) = Sphinx rhadamanthus Esper, 1789 = Zygaena staechadis Boisduval, 1834 = Zygaena kiesenwetteri Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 = Zygaena algarbiensis Christ, 1889 = Zygaena rhadamanathus = Zygaena (Zygaena) rhadamanathus = Zygaena cingulata Lederer 1852 = Zygaena confluens Oberthür 1910. [9, 10, 187]
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Spain, Italy, Portugal, France. [1].
- Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Monaco, Portugal (mainland), France (mainland). [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Dorycnium, Lotus, Onobrychis. [28].
Subspecies of Zygaena rhadamanthus
- Zygaena rhadamanthus alfacarensis (Reiss, 1922). [10]
- Z. r. alfacarensis Reiss, 1922. [9]
- Z. r. algarbiensis Christ, 1889. [187]
- Z. r. algarbiensis (Christ, 1889). [10]
- Z. r. aragonia Tremewan, 1961. [187]
- Z. r. aragonia (Tremewan, 1961). [10]
- Z. r. aurargentea Mazel, 1979. [187]
- Z. r. aurargentea (Mazel, 1979). [10]
- Z. r. azurea (Burgeff, 1914). [10]
- Z. r. azurea Burgeff, 1914. [9]
- Z. r. azureoides Reiss, 1953. [187]
- Z. r. barcina Verity, 1920. [187]
- Z. r. caroniana (Reiss, 1965). [10]
- Z. r. caroniana Reiss, 1965. [9]
- Z. r. cleui Dujardin, 1956. [187]
- Z. r. gredosica (Reiss, 1936). [10]
- Z. r. gredosica Reiss, 1936. [9]
- Z. r. grisea Oberthür, 1909. [187]
- Z. r. grisea (Oberthur, 1909). [10]
- Z. r. guichardi (Tremewan, 1991). [10]
- Z. r. isabelae Gonzalo Fidel, 1979. [187]
- Z. r. isabelae (Gonzalo Fidel, 1980). [10]
- Z. r. kiesenwetteri (Herrich-Schaffer, 1852). [10]
- Z. r. manleyi Tremewan, 1961. [187]
- Z. r. mesolopha Dujardin, 1956. [187]
- Z. r. ochsi Dujardin, 1956. [187]
- Z. r. oxytropiferens Verity, 1920. [187]
- Z. r. pyrenaea Verity, 1920. [187]
- Z. r. pyrenaea (Verity, 1920). [10]
- Z. r. rasura Agenjo, 1948. [187]
- Z. r. rasura (Agenjo, 1948). [10]
- Z. r. rhadamanthus (Esper, 1789). [10]
- Z. r. stygia Burgeff, 1914. [187]
- Z. r. stygia (Burgeff, 1914). [10]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
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
- [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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