Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Plebejus → subgenus Plebejus → species Plebejus idas

Species name(s)

Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) = Plebeius idas (Linnaeus, 1761) = Papilio idas Linnaeus, 1761 = Papilio argus Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Papilio leodorus Esper, 1782 = Lycaena argus armoricana Oberthür, 1910 = Plebeius (idas) idas = Lycaeides idas = Lycaeides argyrognomon = Lycaeides idas Linnaeus 1761. [3, 9, 10, 186]

Idas Blue.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

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

Over-wintering stage

Ova.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Plebeius idas. [3].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia,Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Northeast, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Karelia, Kola, Lower Volga, the North Urals, Medium Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wings - about 1.5 cm. [5].

General info about Imago

Places volley - edge of the forest, heath. [5].

Imago lifespan

Imago: from mid-June to mid-August, sometimes in two generations. [5].

General info about Larva

He lives in a symbiotic relationship with ants. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Cytisus, Genista, Melilotus, Lotus, Calluna, Anthyllis, indifferent to the caterpillars ants genera Lasius, Formica. [28].
Clover of various kinds, as well as the golden rain or, for example, Żarnowiec paniculata. [5].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillar: from May to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Egg. [5].

Subspecies of Plebejus idas

Lycaeides idas abetonica Verity, 1911. [187]
P. i. acreon (Fabricius, 1787). [9]
P. i. alaskensis F. Chermock, 1945. [9]
P. i. alpophila Verity, 1919. [187]
P. i. altarmenus (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. i. apenninophila Verity, 1919. [187]
P. i. argulus (Frey, 1882). [9]
P. i. armoricana Oberthür, 1910. [187]
P. i. aster (Edwards, 1882). [9]
P. i. astragaliphaga Courvoisier, 1911. [187]
P. i. atrapraetextus Field, 1939. [9]
P. i. australissima Verity, 1919. [187]
P. i. bavarica (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. i. bellieri Oberthür, 1910. [187]
P. i. calliopides Verity, 1919. [187]
P. i. cuneata Rasmussen, 1944. [187]
P. i. degener de Sagarra, 1930. [187]
P. i. empetri Freeman, 1938. [9]
P. i. extremata De Sagarra, 1932. [187]
P. i. ferniensis F. Chermock, 1945. [186]
P. i. italapulchra Verity, 1946. [187]
P. i. longinus (Nabokov, 1949). [9]
P. i. lotis Lintner, 1879. [9]
P. i. lycidas Meigen, 1830. [187]
P. i. misera Verity, 1919. [187]
P. i. nabokovi (Masters, 1972). [9]
P. i. nevadensis Oberthür, 1896. [187]
P. i. ornata Lempke, 1955. [187]
P. i. postauraca Beuret, 1934. [187]
P. i. pseudamoricana Heydemann, 1933. [187]
P. i. sareptensis Chapman, 1917. [9]
P. i. saturior Verity, 1927. [187]
P. i. scudderi (Edwards, 1861). [9]
P. i. scudderii W. H. Edwards, 1861. [186]
P. i. selda Higgins, 1964. [187]
P. i. singularis Heydemann, 1932. [187]
P. i. sublivens (Nabokov, 1949). [9]
P. i. tshimganus (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. i. ultima Verity, 1927. [187]
P. i. valesiaca Oberthür, 1904. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

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
[186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org