Hyles nicaea (de Prunner, 1798)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Choerocampina → genus Hyles → species Hyles nicaea
Species name(s)
Hyles nicaea (de Prunner, 1798) = Sphinx nicaea de Prunner, 1798 = Sphinx cyparissiae Hübner, [1813]. [9, 10]
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#8. Evropeisky Tsentralny*; #11. Volgo-Donsky*; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Portugal, Sardinia, France, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, the British Isles, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Portugal (mainland), Sardinia, Ukraine, France (mainland). [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don (?), The European Central (?), Western Caucasus. [3].
- Kazakhstan [PC1149].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Euphorbia, E. nicaeensis. [28].
Subspecies of Hyles nicaea
- Hyles nicaea castissima (Austaut, 1883). [9]
- H. n. crimaea Bang-Haas, 1906. [187]
- H. n. lathyrus (Walker, 1856). [9]
- H. n. nicaea (de Prunner, 1798). [10]
- H. n. orientalis (Austaut, 1905). [10]
- H. n. sheljuzkoi (Dublitzky, 1928). [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alexandr Zhakov, Aleksandr Andrianov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC1149] Alexander Belousov
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