Thaleropis ionia (Fischer de Waldheim & Eversmann, 1851)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Apaturinae → genus Thaleropis → species Thaleropis ionia
Species name(s)
Thaleropis ionia (Fischer de Waldheim & Eversmann, 1851) = Vanessa ionia Fischer de Waldheim & Eversmann, 1851 = ammonia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) = Thaleropic jonia Ev.. [3, 9, 259]
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Wingspan
42—45 mm.
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
Pupa.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
- Thaleropis jonia Ev. [259].
Distribution
- Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian. [3].
- North-Eastern Turkey, North-Western Iran, Southern Transcaucasia (mountains of Southern Armenia and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) . [259].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 42-45 mm. [259].
General info about Imago
- It flies along mountain roads, along roadsides overgrown with willows, carcasses, buckthorn, on the leaves of which butterflies spend most of the day. The species is included in the Red Books of the USSR and Azerbaijan. [259].
Imago lifespan
- July-August, one generation. [259].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Salix. [28].
- Willow leaves. [259].
Larva lifespan
Overwintering stage
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Anatoliy Krupitskiy, Dmitry Erebia. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [259] Бабочки Закавказья. М.: Планета, 1988
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