Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Lycaeninae → tribe Lycaenini → genus Lycaena → species Lycaena helle
Species name(s)
Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Papilio helle [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Papilio amphidamas Esper, 1781 = Helleia helle. [9, 10]
Violet Copper.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #18. Nizhneobsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.
Primary colors
Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.
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
- Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain (mainland), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne Amur, Nizhneobsky, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, North Yenisei North Okhotsk, North Urals, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- Ареал: Центральная и Северная Европа. На востоке — до Сибири. [85].
General info about Imago
- Голубоватый червонец встречается на сырых лугах. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Дает одно или два поколения с мая по октябрь. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Polygonum bistorta, P. viviparum. [28].
- Горец. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Личинок Lycaena helle следует искать с мая по июнь и с августа по сентябрь. [85].
Subspecies of Lycaena helle
- Helleia helle antelutea Beuret, 1954. [187]
- L. h. arvernica Bernardi & de Lesse, 1952. [187]
- L. h. bicolor Beuret, 1954. [187]
- L. h. caeruleolunulata Beuret, 1954. [187]
- L. h. deslandesi Hemming, 1932. [187]
- L. h. eneli Betti, 1977. [187]
- L. h. helle. [9]
- L. h. hellesimilis Beuret, 1952. [187]
- L. h. juragloria Beuret, 1954. [187]
- L. h. lapponica Baukhaus, 1876. [187]
- L. h. leonia Beuret, 1936. [187]
- L. h. magdalenae Guérin-Meneville, 1959. [187]
- L. h. marchica Hannemann, 1928. [187]
- L. h. perrettei Weiss, 1977. [187]
- L. h. phintonis Fruhstorfer, 1910. [187]
- L. h. phintonis (Fruhstorfer, 1910). [9]
- L. h. reducta Beuret, 1954. [187]
- L. h. tristis Beuret, 1954. [187]
- L. h. yamashinai Matsumura, 1949. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Svyatoslav Knyazev, Mario Maier. 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
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