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Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)

Имаго (Erebia aethiops)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Erebiini → genus Erebia → species Erebia aethiops

Species name(s)

Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777) = Papilio aethiops Esper, 1777 = Erebia aethiopella Warren 1937 = Erebia altaica Goltz 1930 = Erebia amplevittata Goltz 1939 = Erebia apenninicola Verity 1911 = Erebia binotata Popescu-Gorj 1955 = Erebia demarginata Popescu-Gorj 1955 = Erebia depupillata Steiner 1918 = Erebia eryphyle Hirschke 1911 = Erebia euryale Verity 1911 = Erebia enucleata Popescu-Gorj 1955 = Erebia infasciata Warren 1936 = Erebia ignotoides Warren 1937 = Erebia inocellata Owen 1952 = Erebia magdalena Kryzywicki 1963 = Erebia mesorubria Popescu-Gorj 1955 = Erebia perfusca-semicaeca Eisner 1946 = Erebia pupillifera Kollar 1938 = Erebia uralensis Goltz 1930. [9, 10, 187]

Scotch Argus.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8650

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#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; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky.

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

Имаго (Erebia aethiops)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • Erebia aethiops is found in the area from Western Europe to East Asia (in particular, in Central Europe, England, Turkey, in central Russia, in Southern Siberia and Transcaucasia), but not in Scandinavia [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The upperside of the wings of the male is dark, black-brown, while the female is lighter, coffee-brown in color. The band on the forewings of the male is rusty-red, the female is reddish-yellow. The forewings bear 2 ocelli with white cores (the top of the wings) and a small eye closer to the bottom. On the hindwings there are 3-4 ocular spots with small white nuclei. High-altitude meadows are characterized by the form f. altivaga Fruhst. with a reduced red-brown pattern and smaller ones, besides, in size. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Places of summer — hills and mountains, at an altitude of up to 2000 m. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • July-September. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar is secretive, living inside tufts of grass, which it feeds on. It has a yellowish-gray body with thick but thin and short bristly hairs. On the back — a dark line, on each hand from it — another light one, under them, in turn, a dark brown longitudinal stripe on each segment. The head is lighter than the body. It feeds at night. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Gramineae. [28].
  • Мятлик, ежа, поленица. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • It lives from August to June. [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa has a brown-yellow color and a light-light cocoon. [85].

Subspecies of Erebia aethiops

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Ilia Ustiantcev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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