Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Melitaeinae → tribe Melitaeini → subtribe Melitaeina → genus Melitaea → species Melitaea arduinna
Species name(s)
Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783) = Papilio arduinna Esper, 1783 = Melitaea evanescens Staudinger 1886 = Melitaea fulminans Staudinger 1886 = Melitaea rhodopensis Freyer 1836 = Melitaea uralensis Eversmann 1851. [9, 10, 187]
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky*; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Primary colors
Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Bulgaria, Greece, the Soviet Union - the European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
- Bulgaria, Greece (mainland), Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural (?), South Ural. [3].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Subspecies of Melitaea arduinna
- Melitaea arduinna arduinna. [9]
- M. a. evanescens Staudinger, 1886. [9]
- M. a. kocaki Wagener & Gross, 1976. [9]
- M. a. rhodopensis Freyer, [1836]. [9]
- M. a. uralensis Eversmann, 1844. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov, Alexander Belousov. 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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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