Tomares romanovi (Christoph, 1882)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Theclinae → tribe Tomarini → genus Tomares → species Tomares romanovi
Species name(s)
Tomares romanovi (Christoph, 1882) = Thestor romanovi Christoph, 1882. [9, 85]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16532
Wingspan
30—34 mm.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Over-wintering stage
Pupa.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Southern Transcaucasia, Western Kopetdag, southern slopes of the eastern tip of the Main Caucasian Ridge. [259].
General info about Imago
- They are often found on caterpillar food plants. The species is included in the Red Books of the USSR and Azerbaijan. [259].
Imago lifespan
- May, one generation. [259].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- One of the types of yellow-flowered astragalus. [259].
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Tomares romanovi
- Tomares romanovi cachetinus Nekrutenko, 1978. [9]
- T. r. cyprius Stichel, 1911. [9]
- T. r. maculifera (Staudinger, [1892]). [9]
- T. r. romanovi. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photo:
Anatoliy Krupitskiy. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [259] Бабочки Закавказья. М.: Планета, 1988
Comments
Note: you should have a Insecta.pro account to upload new topics and comments. Please, create an account or log in to add comments
Tomares romanovi photos
Please, create an account or log in to upload your photo
Other species Tomares