Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Имаго (Chazara briseis)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764) = Papilio briseis Linnaeus, 1764 = Papilio pirata Esper, 1789 = Hipparchia briseis. [9, 10]

The Hermit.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny*; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny*; #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; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

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 			

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden,Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central (?), The European Southern taiga (?), Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Kazakhstan [PC1149].
The range is Spain and France, Central Europe and further east to the Pamirs and Altai and south to North Africa. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Brown wings with extensive white areas, with a single eye on the forewings. Briseida is very, very variable, as a rule, there are differences in the width and intensity of color of the white sash on the wings. For example, the subspecies Chazara briseis bataia Fruhst., flying in the Czech Republic, is characterized by a strongly reduced sling, this is especially pronounced in males. The form pirata Esp. the baldric is not white, but orange-brown in color. In general, southern butterflies have larger wings and baldrics than their northern counterparts. [85].

General info about Imago

The briseida is infrequent, flying along rocky slopes, forest edges, fields, and other, preferably dry, areas of terrain. The butterfly often rests on the ground, while it is characterized by rare timidity. [85].

Imago lifespan

It lives from the end of July to the beginning of August (Reichholf-Rome, 2002). From June to September [Moukha, 1979] [85].

General info about Larva

The body is yellowish-gray in color, with longitudinal stripes. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
Гусеницы Chazara briseis поедает жесткие, луговые злаки, отдавая предпочтение различным видам родов Sesleria (например, голубая сеслерия — Sesleria caerulea) и Festuca. [85].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillar: September-June. [85].

Egg

The egg stage in briseids lasts about two weeks. [85].

Overwintering stage

The caterpillar overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Chazara briseis

Chazara briseis armena Jachontov, 1911. [9]
C. b. fergana (Staudinger, 1886). [9]
C. b. hyrcana (Staudinger, 1886). [9]
C. b. magna Heyne, [1894]. [9]
C. b. major (Oberthür, 1876). [9]
C. b. meridionalis (Staudinger, 1886). [9]
C. b. saga (Fruhstorfer, 1909). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Alexander Belousov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.

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
[PC1149] Alexander Belousov