Neozephyrus smaragdinus (Bremer, 1861)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Theclinae → tribe Theclini → genus Neozephyrus → species Neozephyrus smaragdinus
Species name(s)
Neozephyrus smaragdinus (Bremer, 1861) = Thecla smaragdina Bremer, 1861 = Thecla diamantina Oberthür, 1879 = luxurians (Murayama, 1953) = Dipsas smaragdina = Neozephirus smaragdinus = Chrysozephyrus smaragdina = Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus (Bremer, 1861). [3, 9, 85]
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
18—20 mm.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Lower Amur, Primorye and Sakhalin. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The front wings are brownish bottom with soft, no black spots at the back corner. Discal touches pronounced front and rear wings, separated from the background with white dashes.
Discal strokes on the front and rear wings below the dark, wide, separated from the background light stripes. Hind wings below the front edge to radical stroke.When wetted with alcohol stain top wings of males becomes bronze-purple. The length of the forewings of males 18-20, females 20 [130].
Imago lifespan
- July-mid September. [130].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Prunus sp, padus sp. [130].
Subspecies of Neozephyrus smaragdinus
- Neozephyrus smaragdinus amoenus (Murayama, 1954). [9]
- N. s. doerriesi Dantchenko, 2000. [9]
- N. s. esakii (Umeno, 1937). [9]
- N. s. odakae (Watari, 1925). [9]
- N. s. smaragdinus. [9]
- N. s. yunnanensis (Howarth, 1957). [9]
Authors
Photos:
Vladimir Mescheryakov, Evgeny Komarov.
Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.
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
- [130] Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России том 5. Ручейники и чешуекрылые, часть 5. Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2005
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