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Praephilotes anthracias (Christoph, 1877)

Имаго (Praephilotes anthracias)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Praephilotes anthracias (Christoph, 1877) = Lycaena anthracias Christoph, 1877. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8510

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky.

Primary colors

Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Самец (Praephilotes anthracias)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Russia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Lower Volga. [3].
  • Kazakhstan [PC1149].

Imago lifespan

  • April May [PC1149].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Boris Stradomsky.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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27.06.2009 5:48, Boris Stradomsky

Description. Length of front wing 10-14 mm. The wings of both sexes are dark brown on top, at the apex lightened. Below the wings are dark brown with postdiskalnym and marginalized figure, slightly contrasting with the background, especially on the front wings. Fringe colorful wings.
The length of the valve is 0.5-0.6 mm. Valves with a narrow costal process.
Biology.The sand of the desert. Years of adults: April-May 1 generation. Forage caterpillars: Calligonum spp .. Winters pupa.
Subspecies. Subspecies within S. antracias not described.

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