Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)

Имаго Tarucus balkanica

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) = Tarucus balkanicus = Tarucus balcanicus (Freyer, [1844]) = Lycaena balkanica Freyer, 1844 = frivaldszkyi Aigner-Abafi, 1906 = clorinda Verity, 1938 = Lycaena psittacus Herrich-Schäffer, 1844. [3, 9, 10, 85, 187]

Little Tiger Blue.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8518

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Primary colors

Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Самец Tarucus balkanica

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Tarucus balkanicus. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey - The European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (mainland), Cyprus, Macedonia, Turkey (European part), Croatia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Paliurus, Ziziphus. [28].

Subspecies of Tarucus balkanica

Tarucus balkanicus alternatus Moore, 1882. [9]
T. b. areshana Bethune-Baker, 1917. [187]
T. b. areshana Bethune-Baker, [1918]. [9]
T. b. balkanicus. [9]
T. b. clorinda Verity, 1938. [187]
T. b. nigra Bethune-Baker, 1918. [187]
T. b. nigra Bethune-Baker, 1918. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Simon Coombes.

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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org