Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Phengaris → species Phengaris alcon
Species name(s)
Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Maculinea rebeli Hirschke, 1904 = Maculinea alcon ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) = Phengaris alcon (Hirschke, 1904) = Lycaena rebeli Hirschke, 1904 = caerulea (Vorbrodt, 1912) = Maculinea alpicola Beuret, 1949 = Maculinea magnalpicola Beuret, 1949 = Maculinea gadmensis Beuret, 1949 = Maculinea cruciata Beuret, 1949. [3, 9, 10, 85]
Alcon Blue.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,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, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Average -Amursky, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Gentiana pneumonanthe, indifferent to the caterpillars ants Myrmica ruginodis. [28].
- Gentiana cruciata, indifferent to the caterpillars ants Myrmica schencki. [28].
Subspecies of Phengaris alcon
- Phengaris alcon alcon. [9]
- P. a. alpicola Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. arcasoides Berger, 1946. [187]
- P. a. caerulescens Lempke, 1946. [187]
- P. a. cordidula (Jachontov, [1909]). [9]
- P. a. cruciata Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. curiosa Szabó, 1956. [187]
- P. a. gadmensis Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. haurii Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
- P. a. hospitali Vilarrubia, 1950. [187]
- P. a. imitator Tuzov, 2000. [9]
- P. a. jeniseiensis (Shjeljuzhko, 1928). [9]
- P. a. kondakovi Kurentzov, 1970. [9]
- P. a. lunulata Warnecke, 1942. [187]
- P. a. macroconia Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. magnalpicola Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. marginedistincta Lempke, 1955. [187]
- P. a. marginemaculata Lempke, 1955. [187]
- P. a. marginepunctata Gill, 1904. [187]
- P. a. monticola (Staudinger, 1901). [9]
- P. a. monticola Staudinger, 1901. [187]
- P. a. nestae Higgins, 1930. [187]
- P. a. paucipuncta Lempke, 1946. [187]
- P. a. pseudoroboris Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. rebeli. [9]
- P. a. rebeli Hirschke, 1904. [187]
- P. a. sevastos Rebel & Zerny, 1931. [9]
- P. a. sordidula Jachontov, 1909. [187]
- P. a. spormanni Pfau, 1928. [187]
- P. a. supracaeca Lempke, 1955. [187]
- P. a. supralunulata Lempke, 1955. [187]
- P. a. tenuiconia Beuret, 1949. [187]
- P. a. tolistus Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
- P. a. turatiana Verity, 1923. [187]
- P. a. xerophila Berger, 1946. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Simon Coombes, Paolo Mazzei. 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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