Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schaffer, 1847)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Cupido → subgenus Cupido → species Cupido lorquinii
Species name(s)
Cupido (Cupido) lorquinii (Herrich-Schaffer, 1847) = Lycaena lorquinii Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] = Zizera lorquini = Cupido lorguinii. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8439
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Primary colors
Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Spain. [1].
- Spain (mainland). [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Anthyllis vulneraria, caterpillars to ants partial birth Plagiolepis, Tapinoma. [28].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Simon Coombes. 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
- [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
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