Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Aricia → species Aricia artaxerxes
Species name(s)
Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) = Hesperia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793. [9, 10]
Mountain Argus.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#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; #14. Vostochno-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; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Primary colors
Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway (mainland) Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Nizhneobsky, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakut. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The blue color on the wings is missing. Externally very similar to theAricia agestis. [5].
Imago lifespan
- In the Moscow region: the end of May - end of September [PC1053].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Helianthemum nummularium, Rodium cicutarium, Geranium. [28].
Subspecies of Aricia artaxerxes
- Aricia artaxerxes albicans Aurivillius. [187]
- A. a. allous (Geyer, [1836]). [9]
- A. a. hakutozana (Matsumura, 1927). [9]
- A. a. hercynica Høgh-Guldberg & Jarvis, 1970. [187]
- A. a. horkei Høgh-Guldberg, 1966. [187]
- A. a. inhonora Jachontov, 1909. [9]
- A. a. issekutsi Balogh, 1957. [187]
- A. a. issekutzi Balogh, 1956. [187]
- A. a. lepsinskana (Obraztsov, 1935). [9]
- A. a. lyngensis Høgh-Guldberg, 1966. [187]
- A. a. mandzhuriana (Obraztsov, 1935). [9]
- A. a. opheimi Høgh-Guldberg, 1966. [187]
- A. a. paucipuncta Obrztsov, 1935. [187]
- A. a. rambringi Høgh-Guldberg, 1966. [187]
- A. a. sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1919). [9]
- A. a. sarmatis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890). [9]
- A. a. scytissa Nekrutenko, 1985. [9]
- A. a. sheljuzhkoi (Obraztsov, 1935). [9]
- A. a. standi Obraztsov, 1935. [187]
- A. a. strandi (Obraztsov, 1935). [9]
- A. a. transalaica (Obratzov, 1935). [9]
- A. a. turgaica (Obraztsov, 1935). [9]
- A. a. ukrainica (Obraztsov, 1936). [9]
- A. a. vancalica Kaaber & Hoegh-Guldberg, 1961. [9]
- A. a. vandalica Kaaber & Høgh-Guldberg, 1961. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrei Komrakov, Irina Nikulina. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Fyodor Pudovikov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
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
- [5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
- [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
- [PC1053] Fyodor Pudovikov
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