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Plebejus optilete (Knoch, 1781)

Самец  (Plebejus optilete)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Plebejus (Vacciniina) optilete (Knoch, 1781) = Vacciniina optilete = Albulina optilete (Knoch, 1781) = Papilio optilete Knoch, 1781 = nanus (Herbst, 1804) = Plebeius optilete = Vacciniina optilete Knoch 1781. [3, 9, 10, 85, 186]

Cranberry Blue.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8474

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #5. Nenetsko-Novozemelsky tundrovy; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky*; #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; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #32. Chukotsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

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

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Самец  (Plebejus optilete)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Vacciniina optilete. [85].

Distribution

  • Austria, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland) Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don (?), Eastern Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, the Nenets-Novaya Zemlya tundra, Lower -Amursky, Nizhneobsky, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, North Okhotsk Sea, the North-Ural, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, Chukotka, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Vaccinium, Erica tetralix. [28].

Subspecies of Plebejus optilete

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Maxim Klepikov, Mario Maier.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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