Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832)

Имаго Pseudophilotes bavius

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832) = Lycaena bavius Eversmann, 1832 = Rubrapterus bavius = Philotes bavius = Scolitantides bavius. [9, 10]

Bavius Blue.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Самец Pseudophilotes bavius

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Greece, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Greece (mainland), Macedonia, Russia, Romania, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Soil, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Salvia argentea. [28].

Subspecies of Pseudophilotes bavius

Pseudophilotes bavius bavius. [9]
P. b. egea (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]). [9]
P. b. fatma (Oberthür, 1890). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Boris Stradomsky.

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

Comments

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23.06.2009 21:29, Boris Stradomsky

Description. Length of front wing 10-15 mm. On top of the wings in males shiny dark blue with a very wide edge dimming rear wings with orange marginal spots in the anal angle; a female - dark brown to blue-coated flakes in the basement area. Below the wings are light gray with a contrasting postdiskalnym and marginal figure.Orange marginal spots bottom rear wings are fused into a coherent sling. Fringe colorful wings.
The length of the valve is 1.0-1.3 mm. Valves with a broad lobe costal process.
Biology. Steppe grasslands, rocky steppes, semi-deserts. Years of adults: May and first half of June 1 generation. Forage caterpillars: Salvia nutans. Winters pupa.Related and similar species. S. orion: Valves has no appendages; P. vicrama, P. antracias: outgrowth of the valve pointed.