Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Heteropterinae → genus Heteropterus → species Heteropterus morpheus

Species name(s)

Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771) = Papilio morpheus Pallas, 1771 = steropes Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Papilio speculum Rottemburg, 1775 = Papilio aracinthus Fabricius, 1777 = Heteropterus aniensis Dannehl 1925 = Heteropterus aquitainensis Pionneau 1938 = Papilio aracinthus Fabricius, 1777 = Heteropterus atrolimbata Skala 1912 = Heteropterus kuromon Motone 1941 = Heteropterus maculata Schwingenschuss 1952 = Heteropterus minutus Lempke 1926 = Heteropterus obscura Skala 1912 = Heteropterus obsoleta Fritsch 1912 = Heteropterus phantasos Stichel 1900 = Heteropterus radiata Kolisko 1905 = Heteropterus separata Pionneau 1938 = Papilio speculifer Fourcroy, 1785 = Papilio speculum Rottemburg, 1775 = Heteropterus vasconiae Picard 1948. [9, 10, 187]

Large Chequered Skipper.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny*; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny*; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky*; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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December

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic,Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth (?), The European Central European South taiga (?), Trans-Baikal, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny -Amursky, Prealtay, of Baikal (?) Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
От Северной Испании до Сибири и Кореи, в Европе — изолированные популяции. [85].

General info about Imago

Предпочитает влажные участки, но может летать и над сухими, песчаными. [85].

Imago lifespan

С июня по июль, иногда по август. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Calamagrostis canescens, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Molinia caerulea, Phragmites australis. [28].
Vainik. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеница морфея живет с лета до следующей весны. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Yuriy Karpov, Alexey Fomin.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org