Vanessa indica Herbst, 1794

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Nymphalinae → tribe Nymphalini → genus Vanessa → species Vanessa indica

Species name(s)

Vanessa indica Herbst, 1794 = Papilio indica Herbst, 1794 = Pyrameis calliroe = Vanessa (Vanessa) indica = Pyrameis atalanta Cramer, 1779 = Pyrameis asakurae Matsumura, 1908 = Pyrameis buana Fruhstorfer, 1898 = Pyrameis callirhoe Miller, 1868 = Pyrameis horishanus Nire, 1917 = Pyrameis occidentalis Felder, 1862. [3, 9, 187]

Indian Red Admiral.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.

Russia regions

#26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

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

Flight time

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Over-wintering stage

Imago.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Regions of the Russian Federation: the Trans-Baikal, Kamchatka, Nizhne-Amur, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, South Kuril. [3].
Outside the Russian Federation: Mongolia, China, India, Korea, Japan [2].
Ceylon, Taiwan, Burma [9].
It lives in mixed forests with a predominance of small-leaved species, in flood plains and river valleys with thickets of alder, poplar. In dr.mestah can be as active worker [2].

Imago lifespan

In May and in July-September. [2].

General info about Larva

Caterpillar of last instar brown-black with yellow markings and branched spikes, longer than the cardui. Length 45mm. Lives singly in sacciform, oletёnnom cobweb nest of leaves, which often pupate [2].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Urtica urens L. (nettle), less Populus maximowiczii (poplar Maksimovic). In the Trans-Baikal observed laying on Urtica cannabina (nettle Konoplev) [2].
Dr. plants from the family Urticaceae (nettles) the genus Girardinia (Girardin) - Girardinia heterophylla (Himalayan nettle), of the genus Boehmeria (Boehmer) -Boehmeria densiflora, Boehmeria nivea Gaud., of the genus Urtica (nettle) -Urtica thunbergiana [9].

Pupa

Dolly Tan in a gray plaque paired tubercles on abdominal segments pearl. Length approx 25 mm [2].

Egg

The eggs are bluish-green with light longitudinal stripes. The female lays eggs one by one, sometimes in groups on the young leaves and buds KR [2].

Overwintering stage

Imago [PC1049].

Subspecies of Vanessa indica

Vanessa indica indica. [9]
V. i. nubicola (Fruhstorfer, 1898). [9]
V. i. pholoe (Fruhstorfer, 1912). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vladimir Mescheryakov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Irina Nikulina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[2] Коршунов Ю. П. Булавоусые чешуекрылые Северной Азии. М.: КМК, 2002
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC1049] Irina Nikulina