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Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)

Имаго Ypthima asterope

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.

Имаго Ypthima asterope

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

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Aksenova.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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