Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Самец (Arethusana arethusa)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Satyrini → subtribe Satyrina → genus Arethusana → species Arethusana arethusa

Species name(s)

Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Papilio arethusa [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Hipparchia arethusa = Nytha ligustica Rocci, 1931 = Satyrus reducta Pionneau, 1937. [9, 10, 187]

False Grayling.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

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; #25. Tuvinsky.

Forewing length

23—25 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, 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 			

Имаго (Arethusana arethusa)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Macedonia, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey ( European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland ?, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Soil, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
The species is distributed locally in Portugal, Spain, Italy and France, as well as in Eastern Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing is up to 2.5 cm. On the apices of the forewings there is one black spot. [85].

General info about Imago

You can see Arethusa infrequently — on warm, dry slopes [85].

Imago lifespan

From July to September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
Злаки. [85].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillars are found from September to June, wintering. [85].

Overwintering stage

The larva. [85].

Subspecies of Arethusana arethusa

Arethusana arethusa aksouali Wyatt, 1952. [9]
A. a. albinothellensis Varin, 1938. [187]
A. a. albovenata Agenjo, 1970. [187]
A. a. allobrogicus Varin, 1953. [187]
A. a. calciphila Varin, 1953. [187]
A. a. heptapotamica (Stauder, 1924). [9]
A. a. pontica (Heyne, [1895]). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexandr Zhakov, Evgeny Komarov.

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