Proserpinus proserpina (Pallas, 1772)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia,Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West (?), The European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk (?), Lower Volga (?) Prealtay (?) Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
• Range: Central and Southern Europe, in the north is not found. In the mountains can rise up to 1500 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - up to 2.1 cm. A bit like an ordinary yazykana, but the top of the wings with a clearer picture. In the middle of the front wings - a dark stripe on the hind wings yellow - brown border.There are also differences from yazykana in the form of wings (at prezerpiny - a wavy edge) and in the form of the abdomen (from prezerpiny it does not end with characteristic yazykana tail). [5].

General info about Imago

• Places volley: sunny slopes and swampy forests. [5].

Imago lifespan

• From May to June. One generation. [5].

General info about Larva

• Outside caterpillars hawk zubokrylogo more mundane than that of many of his relatives - larva prezerpiny dirty-green, with very little horn at the rear end of the body. Caterpillar is active at night and looking for pupation small depression in the ground. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Epilobium hirsutum, Epilobium angustifolium, Epilobium palustre, Epilobium dodonaei, Epilobium montanum, Oenothera biennis, Lythrum salicaria. [28].
• Evening primrose, purple loosestrife loosestrife, plants from kipreyny. [5].

Larva lifespan

• Larva: from July to August. [5].

Overwintering stage

• The pupa overwinters in a depression in the soil. [5].

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