Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Tongeia → species Tongeia fischeri

Species name(s)

Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843) = Lycaena fischeri Eversmann, 1843 = Everes fischeri = Cupido fischeri.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

USSR - the European part. [1]. Peter Khramov.
Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altai, Trans-Baikal, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Tuva, Southern Urals. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Russia. [10]. Peter Khramov.

Subspecies Tongeia fischeri

T. f. caudalis (Bryk, 1946).
T. f. dea Zhdanko, 2000.
T. f. sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1925).
T. f. thyestes Fruhstorfer, 1924.

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Yuriy Karpov, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

Color 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
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)

Comments

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24.06.2009 5:07, Boris Stradomsky

Description. Fore wing length of 9-13 mm. Wings of male and female brown on top; bottom - light gray-beige. Figure underside of the wings contrasting with orange submarginal spots on the hind wings. Marginal black spots bottom rear wings with bright blue scales. At the rear wing of the thread-like tail length not exceeding 1.0 mm.The length of the valve is 0.7-0.8 mm.
Biology. Stony steppe. Years of adults: mid-May to August in two generations. Forage tracks on the territory under discussion: Orostachys spinosa.
Related and similar species. Species of the genus Cupido: differences in the structure of male genitalia, marginal figure underside of the wings is virtually absent or low contrast; types subgen.Everes: top male blue-violet or blue; types subgen.Cupido: rear wing without filamentous tail.

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