Nymphalis canace Linnaeus, 1763
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Nymphalinae → tribe Nymphalini → genus Nymphalis → subgenus Kaniska → species Nymphalis canace
Species name(s)
Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace Linnaeus, 1763 = Kaniska canace = Papilio canace Linnaeus, 1763 = Vanessa glauconia Motschulsky, 1860 = Vanessa canace siphnos Fruhstorfer, 1912 = Kaniska canace oplentia Tsukada, 1985 = Kaniska canace oreas Tsukada, 1985 = Polygonia canace. [3, 9, 85]
Blue Admiral.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.
Russia regions
#37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
33—35 mm.
Wingspan
55—70 mm.
Primary colors
Blue, 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
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Distribution
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Lower Amur, Seaside. [3].
- Outside of Russia: North India, China, Korea and Japan, Sri Lanka, Burma, part of Indonesia.
In Primorye, lives in the valley broad-leaved forests, preferring sparse trees and scrub on the edges and along the river banks [95].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing of 33 - 35 mm. Wingspan 55 - 70 mm. The main background of the upper side of the wings - dark brown with a blue coating. Through both kryla- goes wide submarginal band of blue close to the outer edge.The outer edge of the wings carved with a number of teeth, of which stand out a large tooth below the top of the front wings and a protrusion at the lower edge of the rear wings. On the underside of the wings dark patterned [95].
Imago lifespan
- 2 generations: the first - wintered Butterflies fly -mae in April, the second generation - from mid-August to late September. [95].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Smilax, for example, Smilax china, as well as Tricyrtis hirta, Lilium lancifolum, Heterosmilax japonica, Lilium lancifolium and Streptopus amplexifolius. [9].
- In Primorye, the caterpillars develop on sarsaparilla Maximovich (syn. Oldgema sarsaparilla, Smilax coastal) (Smilax maximowiczii Koidz = Smilax oldhamii = Smilax riparia) [95].
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Nymphalis canace
- Nymphalis canace battakana (de Nicéville, 1896). [9]
- N. c. benguetana (Semper, 1888). [9]
- N. c. canace. [9]
- N. c. charonia (Drury, 1770). [9]
- N. c. charonides (Stichel, [1908]). [9]
- N. c. drilon (Fruhstorfer, 1912). [9]
- N. c. haronica Moore, 1879. [9]
- N. c. ishima (Fruhstorfer, 1899). [9]
- N. c. javanica (Fruhstorfer, 1912). [9]
- N. c. maniliana (Fruhstorfer, 1912). [9]
- N. c. muscosa (Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979). [9]
- N. c. nojaponicum (von Siebold, 1824). [9]
- N. c. perakana (Distant, 1886). [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Irina Nikulina, Evgeny Slobodskoy. Text data: Peter Khramov, Irina Nikulina.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
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
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [95] Животный мир уссурийской тайги. Полевой атлас-определитель животных юга Дальнего Востока России. Владивосток: ИПК «Дальпресс», 2004
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