Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771)

Самка (Argynnis laodice)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Heliconiinae → tribe Argynnini → genus Argynnis → subgenus Argyronome → species Argynnis laodice

Species name(s)

Argynnis (Argyronome) laodice (Pallas, 1771) = Argyronome laodice = Papilio laodice Pallas, 1771 = Papilio cethosia Fabricius, 1793 = Argynnis laodice producta Matsumura, 1929. [9, 10, 85]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, Green, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

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

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Argyronome laodice. [85].

Distribution

Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
Belarus, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, Czech Republic ?, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, the Lower Amur, Lower Volga, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Urals , Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril,South Ural. [3].
From Eastern Europe to Japan. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The outer side of the underside of the hindwings is reddish-brown, the inner side is yellow-green, and there is a row of white spots between these parts of the wing. There are a number of geographical forms, including those from the Far East and Japan. [85].

General info about Imago

Its habitat consists of wet meadows and forest roads. It often sits on blackberry flowers. [85].

Imago lifespan

It flies in July and September. [85].

General info about Larva

The caterpillar Argynnis laodice is black-gray, with a yellow longitudinal stripe on the back and six dark spots on the sides of the body. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Viola palustris. [28].
Фиалка болотная, фиалка собачья. [85].

Larva lifespan

Lives from August to July of the following year. [85].

Pupa

The pupa is shiny, dark brown, with small black stripes. [85].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [85].

Subspecies of Argynnis laodice

Argyronome laodice ariana Fruhstorfer, 1907. [187]
A. l. cydrana Fruhstorfer, 1915. [187]
A. l. ferruginea (Watkins, 1924). [9]
A. l. fletcheri (Watkins, 1924). [9]
A. l. huochengice Huang & Murayama. [9]
A. l. indroides Tytler, 1940. [187]
A. l. japonica (Ménétriés, ?1857). [9]
A. l. laodice. [9]
A. l. melli Reuss, 1922. [187]
A. l. melloides Draeseke, 1925. [187]
A. l. producta Matsumura, 1929. [187]
A. l. rudra (Moore, [1858]). [9]
A. l. samana (Fruhstorfer, 1907). [9]
A. l. tomaridice (Bryk, 1942). [9]
A. l. ussurica Kardakoff, 1928. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Victor Titov, Vitaly Gumenuk.

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