Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Zerynthiinae → tribe Zerynthini → genus Zerynthia → subgenus Zerynthia → species Zerynthia polyxena

Species name(s)

Zerynthia (Zerynthia) polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Thais polyxena = Zerynthia cassandra (Geyer, [1828]) = Papilio polyxena Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Papilio rumina alba Esper, 1794 = Zerinthia polyxena = Parnalius polyxena = Zerynthia demnosia Freyer 1831 = Papilio hypermnestra Scopoli, 1763 = Zerynthia hypermnestra macedonia Eisner, 1974 = Zerynthia hypermnestra bryki Eisner, 1954 = Thais polyxena albanica Riemel, 1927 = Zerynthia polyxena lativittata Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia polyxena punctata Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia polyxena demaculata Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia polyxena subalbida Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia hypermnestra bosniensis Eisner, 1974 = Zerynthia polyxena thesto Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Zerynthia hypermnestra idaensis Eisner, 1974 = Zerynthia polyxena nora Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia polyxena marpha Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia polyxena xenia Schultz, 1908 = Papilio rumina vulgaris Esper, 1781 = Zerynthia polyxena gracilis Schultz, 1908 = Zerynthia polyxena patrizii Nardelli, 1993 = Zerynthia polyxena michaelis Nardelli, 1993 = Zerynthia polyxena aegidii Nardelli 1993 = Zerynthia polyxena decastroi Sala & Bollino, 1993 = Zerynthia hypsiphyle tristis de Lattin 1950 = Zerynthia polyxena latiaris Stichel, 1907 = Zerynthia hypermnestra petrii Bryk, 1932 = Zerynthia hypermnestra linnea Bryk, 1932 = Zerynthia polyxena diabolica Schulte & Weiss, 1991 = Zerynthia polyxena reverdini Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9, 10, 85, 187]

Southern Festoon, Italian Festoon, Southern Festoon.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

Forewing length

25—28 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

Larva lifespan

Detailed information with references

Subspecies of Zerynthia polyxena

• Zerynthia polyxena aemiliae Rocci, 1929. [9]
• Z. p. albanica Riemel, 1927. [9]
• Z. p. bosniensis Eisner, 1974. [9]
• Z. p. bryki Eisner, 1954. [9]
• Z. p. carmenae Sabariego & Martinez, 1991. [9]
• Z. p. cassandra (Geyer, 1828). [9]
• Z. p. cassandra-clara Verity, 1947. [9]
• Z. p. caucasiae Nardelli & Hirschfeld, 2002. [9]
• Z. p. decastroi Sala & Bollino, 1992. [9]
• Z. p. deminuta Verity, 1947. [9]
• Z. p. demnosia Freyer, 1833. [9]
• Z. p. gracilis Schultz, 1908. [9]
• Z. p. idaensis Eisner, 1974. [9]
• Z. p. latevittata (Verity, 1919). [9]
• Z. p. latiaris Stichel, 1907. [9]
• Z. p. linnea (Bryk, 1932). [9]
• Z. p. macedonia Eisner, 1974. [9]
• Z. p. michaelis Nardelli, 1993. [9]
• Z. p. microcreusa Verity, 1947. [9]
• Z. p. nemorensis (Verity, 1919). [9]
• Z. p. nigra Sijaric, 1989. [9]
• Z. p. padana Rocci, 1929. [9]
• Z. p. patrizii Nardelli, 1993. [9]
• Z. p. petrii (Bryk, 1932). [9]
• Z. p. polymnia (Millière, 1880). [9]
• Z. p. polyxena. [9]
• Z. p. reverdinii Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
• Z. p. silana Storace, 1962. [9]
• Z. p. sontae Sijaric, 1989. [9]
• Z. p. taygetana Rosen, 1929. [9]
• Z. p. thesto Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
• Z. p. tristis de Lattin, 1950. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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
• [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
• [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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