Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) = Polyommatus karsandra Moore, 1865 = Lycaena conformis Butler, 1877 = Zizera ishigakiana Matsumura, 1929 = Lampides neis Walker, 1870 = Zizera karsandra = Zizeeria knysna karsandra = Lycaena brahmina Felder & Felder, 1865 = Lampides neis Walker, 1870. [9, 10, 187]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8523

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Crete, Sicily. [1].
Cyprus, Crete. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Medicago, Melilotus, Acanthyllis, Armeria delicatula, Polygonum equisetiforme, Tribulus terrestris. [28].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Israel Sade, Anna Gerasimova.

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
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org