Plebejus hesperica (Rambur, 1839)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Plebejus → subgenus Plebijides → species Plebejus hesperica
Species name(s)
Plebejus (Plebijides) hesperica (Rambur, 1839).
Zephyr Blue.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8470
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Spain. [1].
- Spain (mainland). [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Astragalus arragonensis. [28].
Subspecies of Plebejus hesperica
- Plebejus hesperica galani Agenjo, 1967. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
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
- [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
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