Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)

Самец (Lycaena hippothoe)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Lycaeninae → tribe Lycaenini → genus Lycaena → species Lycaena hippothoe

Species name(s)

Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761) = Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe = Papilio hippothoe Linnaeus, 1761 = Heodes hippothoe. [9, 10, 85]

Purple-edged Copper.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #5. Nenetsko-Novozemelsky tundrovy; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #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; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #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

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe. [85].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal ( mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland,France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [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, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, the Nenets-Novaya Zemlya tundra, Lower -Amursky, Nizhneobsky,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Распространение вида: от Западной Европы до Восточной Азии. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Альпийский подвид ssp. eurydame Hoffmannsegg может подниматься на высоту 2300 м. Имеется и североскандинавский ssp. stiberi Gerh. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: сырые высокогорные луга, опушки у подножия гор, часто садится на цветы змеиного корня. [85].

Imago lifespan

Lycaena hippothoe летает в мае, июне, июле и августе. [85].

General info about Larva

Гусеница щавелевого червонца темно-зеленая, со светлыми промежутками промеж сегментов. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Rumex, Polygonum. [28].
Щавелевый червонец кормится на чем? На щавеле. Но не только. Еще гусеницы этой бабочки могут питаться горцем. [85].

Larva lifespan

Активна с лета до мая следующего года. [85].

Pupa

Куколка грязно-желтая, но с черными точками. [85].

Subspecies of Lycaena hippothoe

Lycaena hippothoe amurensis (Staudinger, 1892). [9]
L. h. bernardii Beuret, 1955. [187]
L. h. candissima Pfeiffer, 1937. [187]
L. h. cisalpina Fruhstorfer, 1909. [187]
L. h. confluens Gerhard, 1853. [187]
L. h. denigrata Lempke, 1954. [187]
L. h. dido Gerhard, 1853. [187]
L. h. engadiniana Beuret, 1953. [187]
L. h. eurybia Ochsenheimer, 1808. [187]
L. h. eurybia (Ochsenheimer, 1808). [9]
L. h. eurydame (Hoffmannsegg, 1806). [9]
L. h. groningana Ter Haar, 1900. [187]
L. h. hippothoe. [9]
L. h. infragrisea Lempke, 1954. [187]
L. h. italica Calberla, 1887. [187]
L. h. memphis Hemming, 1934. [187]
L. h. mirus Verity, 1913. [187]
L. h. mirusnigra Agenjo, 1944. [187]
L. h. paraeurydice Verity, 1946. [187]
L. h. parrai Agenjo, 1944. [187]
L. h. sajana Kozhanchikov, 1924. [187]
L. h. stiberi (Gerhard, 1853). [9]
L. h. stieberioides Ebert, 1926. [187]
L. h. sumadiensis Szabó, 1956. [187]
L. h. valderiana Turati & Verity, 1910. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Alexsandr Martukov.

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