Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Ypthimini → genus Ypthima → species Ypthima asterope
Species name(s)
Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) = Hipparchia asterope Klug, 1832 = Ypthima alemola Swinhoe, 1885 = Ypthima complexiva Swinhoe, 1886 = hereroica Grünberg, 1910 = merlenii Kattulas & Koutsaftikis, 1976. [9, 10]
African Ringlet.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8783
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Greece. [1].
- Dodecanese Islands, Cyprus, North Aegean. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Cynodon, captive caterpillars can eat Poa and other representatives of the Gramineae. [28].
Subspecies of Ypthima asterope
- Ypthima asterope asterope. [9]
- Y. a. hereroica van Son, 1955. [9]
- Y. a. mahratta Moore, 1884. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Natalia Aksenova. 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
- [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
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