Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Elymniini → subtribe Lethina → genus Lasiommata → species Lasiommata maera

Species name(s)

Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio maera Linnaeus, 1758 = hiera (Fabricius, 1777) = monotonia Schilde, 1885 = Pararge maera silymbria Fruhstorfer, 1909. [9, 10]

Large Wall Brown.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

22—28 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.

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

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia,Romania, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, Middle-Volga, Mid-Ural,Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Lasiommata maera is distributed throughout Europe, rises up to 2000 m in the mountains, is also found in North Africa, in the east reaches Central Asia, in the north - to the Arctic part of Norway. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the forewing is from 2.2 to 2.8 cm. On the front wings, one, and on the rear wings, three eyes, on an orange background. The butterfly is quite variable, known subspecies ssp. orintalpina Verity from the southern valleys of the Alps or, for example, meadewaldoi Rothsch. from Algeria. [85].

General info about Imago

Places of summer — hills, sparse coniferous forests. [85].

Imago lifespan

Marigolds produce one generation in June and July, or two generations-in May-June and in August-September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
Различные дикорастущие злаки, например, манник и однолетний мятлик. [85].

Larva lifespan

The caterpillars are active from August to May of the following year. In the case of two generations, the first generation of caterpillars lives from June to July. [85].

Pupa

The appearance of pupae differs in different sexes — females are characterized by dark green, and males by yellow-green pupae. [85].

Overwintering stage

The caterpillar overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Lasiommata maera

Lasiommata maera abastumana Sheljuzhko, 1937. [9]
L. m. adrasta (Hübner, [1823-1824]). [9]
L. m. crimaea (A. Bang-Haas, 1907). [9]
L. m. jachontovi Sheljuzhko, 1937. [9]
L. m. maera. [9]
L. m. ordona Fruhstorfer, 1909. [9]
L. m. orientalis Rühl, [1894]. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Sazykin, Irina Nikulina.

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