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Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго  (Brenthis hecate)

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Papilionoidea family Nymphalidae subfamily Heliconiinae tribe Argynnini genus Brenthis → species Brenthis hecate

Species name(s)

Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Papilio hecate [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Neobrenthis hecate. [9, 10]

Twin-spot Fritillary.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8577

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

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; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Имаго  (Brenthis hecate)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Soil, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Filipendula ulmaria, Filipendula vulgaris, Dorycnium. [28].

Subspecies of Brenthis hecate

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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