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Danish Lepidoptera
The Lepidoptera of Denmark consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Denmark. Butterflies Hesperiidae *''Carterocephalus silvicola'' (Meigen, 1829) *''Erynnis tages'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Hesperia comma'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Heteropterus morpheus'' (Pallas, 1771) *''Ochlodes sylvanus'' (Esper, 1777) *''Pyrgus armoricanus'' (Oberthur, 1910) *''Pyrgus malvae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Pyrgus serratulae'' (Rambur, 1839) *''Thymelicus lineola'' (Ochsenheimer, 1808) *''Thymelicus sylvestris'' (Poda, 1761) Lycaenidae *''Agriades optilete'' (Knoch, 1781) *''Aricia agestis'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) *''Aricia artaxerxes'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''Callophrys rubi'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Celastrina argiolus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Cupido minimus'' (Fuessly, 1775) *''Cyaniris semiargus'' (Rottemburg, 1775) *''Eumedonia eumedon'' (Esper, 1780) *'' Favonius quercus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Glaucopsyche alexis'' (Poda, 1761) *''Lycaena alciphron'' (Rottemburg, 1775) *''Lycaena dispar'' (Haw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callophrys Rubi
The green hairstreak (''Callophrys rubi'') is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Etymology The genus name ''Callophrys'' is a Greek word meaning "beautiful eyebrows", while the species Latin name ''rubi'' derives from ''Rubus'' (bramble), one of the host plants. Subspecies *''Callophrys rubi rubi'' Europe, Caucasus, Kopet Dag *''Callophrys rubi fervida'' Staudinger, 1901 Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Asia Minor *''Callophrys rubi borealis'' Krulikovsky, 1890 Urals *''Callophrys rubi sibirica'' Heyne, 895/small> Tien-Shan, Altai, Siberia, Transbaikalia, Far East, Amur, Ussuri and Sakhalin."''Callophrys'' Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Description ''Callophrys rubi'' has a win ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phengaris Alcon
''Phengaris alcon'', the Alcon blue or Alcon large blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae and is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Mongolia. Description from Seitz ''L. alcon'' Schiff. (= areas Esp., ''euphemus'' Godt.) (83 a). Large, the male above deep blue, but without brilliant gloss. The female black-brown, dusted with dark blue in the basal area. The dark violet-grey underside has numerous ocelli. ''L. alcon'' is easily distinguished from the following species (''coeligena'', ''euphemus'', ''arcas'', ''arion'', ''arionides'' ...) by the male bearing on the blue disc of the forewing no other black spots but the discocellular lunule. Central Europe and North Asia, from the coast of the North Sea (Hamburg, Bremen, Belgium) to the Mediterranean, and from France to the Altai, Dauria and Tibet, ab. ''nigra'' Wheel, has the males strongly darkened, the females being quite black above. In ab. ''cecinae'' Hormuz. the ocelli of the underside are abse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaena Virgaureae
The scarce copper (''Lycaena virgaureae'') is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies). Appearance The lower surfaces of the back wings are yellowish and have only a few black dots; there are characteristic white marks in the immediate vicinity of these. The species exhibits one kind of sexual dimorphism: male butterflies are colored bright gold-red on the upper side of wing, while the females have broader orange wings with a dark design. Life cycle A generation appears from mid-July to mid-September. Eggs are laid on dried-out plant parts, for example on dry sorrel stems. The eggs are white in color and somewhat larger than those of other ''Lycaena'' species. The caterpillars are green and nocturnal and eat sorrel. ''Lycaena virgaureae'' is the only species of this genus whose eggs last over the winter. The butterflies feed on blossoms of such plants as the ground-elder, ''Eupatorium'', ''Valeriana'', and burnet saxifrage. Habitat ''Lycaena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaena Tityrus
''Lycaena tityrus'', the sooty copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Europe. Subspecies *''Lycaena tityrus subalpina'' (Speyer, 1851) Italy The wingspan is . The butterfly flies from April to September, depending on the location. The larvae feed on ''Rumex acetosa'' and ''Rumex acetosella ''Rumex acetosella'', commonly known as red sorrel, sheep's sorrel, field sorrel and sour weed, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Native to Eurasia and the British Isles, the plant and its subspecies are co ...''. Description from Seitz C. dorilis Hufn. (= circe Schiff., garbas F., phocas Rott., dorylas Kirby) (77 c) Male above black- brown, with a magnificent metallic green gloss when alive, with black spots corresponding to those of the underside and with a very thin reddish lunate line before the margin of the hindwing. Female above similar to ''phlaeas'', but paler yellow, and with a very thin black edge instead of a bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaena Phlaeas
''Lycaena phlaeas'', the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard (2001), its specific name ''phlaeas'' is said to be derived either from the Greek (''phlégo''), "to burn up", or from the Latin ''floreo'', "to flourish". Description The upperside forewings are a bright orange with a dark outside edge border and with eight or nine black spots. The hindwings are dark with an orange border. Some females also have a row of blue spots inside the orange border and are known as form ''caeruleopunctata''. The undersides are patterned in a similar way but are paler. The black spots on the forewings are outlined in yellow and the dark colouring is replaced by a pale brownish grey. The hindwings are the same brown/grey colour with small black dots and a narrow orange border. The caterpillars (larvae) are usually green, but some have a purple stripe down the middle of the back a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaena Hippothoe
The purple-edged copper (''Lycaena hippothoe'') is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Sub-species Subspecies include: * ''Lycaena hippothoe hippothoe'' ( Linnaeus, 1761) * ''Lycaena hippothoe stiberi'' (Gerhard, 1853) – Scandinavia, Urals, Siberia. * ''Lycaena hippothoe eurydame'' (Hoffmannsegg, 1806) – Alps. * ''Lycaena hippothoe eurybia'' (Ochsenheimer, 1808) - (Altai Mountain, Sayan Mountains, Far East). * ''Lycaena hippothoe amurensis'' (Staudinger, 1892 - ( Transbaikalia, Amur River, Ussuri). * ''Lycaena hippothoe cisalpina'' (Fruhstorfer, 1909) * ''Lycaena hippothoe italica'' (Calberla, 1887) - ( Italy) ''Lycaena hippothoe eurydame'' is considered by some authors a valid species with the name of ''Lycaena euryname''. Distribution This species is present in the Western Europe and in Siberia up to the region of the river Amur. Habitat It inhabits forest edges, swampy and damp meadows, clearings and river banks, at an elevation of above sea level. Descript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaena Dispar
The large copper (''Lycaena dispar'') is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. ''L. dispar'' has been commonly arranged into three subspecies: ''L. dispar dispar'', (single-brooded) which was commonly found in England, but is now extinct, ''L. d. batavus'', (single-brooded) can be found in the Netherlands and has been reintroduced into the United Kingdom, and lastly, ''L. d. rutilus, (double-brooded)'' which is widespread across central and southern Europe. The latter has been declining in many European countries, due to habitat loss. Currently ''L. dispar'' is in severe decline in northwest Europe, but expanding in central and northern Europe. Native to Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. It is regionally extinct in the United Kingdom, due to hab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaena Alciphron
The purple-shot copper (''Lycaena alciphron'') is a butterfly in the family of the Lycaenidae or copper butterflies and in the genus of the ''Lycaena''. The coloring of the males and the females is very different, i.e. the sexual dimorphism is very strong. The top sides of the wings are red-gold with black spots. The males fluoresce purple, while the females' top side is brown, also with black spots. The rear wings have submarginal spots. The caterpillar is nocturnal and eats sorrel. The fully-grown butterfly feeds from wild thyme, ground-elder, and blackberry flowers. The purple-shot copper can be found in Europe, Morocco, and Turkey at heights between 500 and 900 meters. This butterfly migrates from June to July. Subspecies There are several subspecies including: *''Lycaena alciphron melibaeus'' (Staudinger, 1878) *''Lycaena alciphron gordius'' (Sulzer, 1776) *''Lycaena alciphron heracleana'' (Blachier, 1908) *''Lycaena alciphron granadensis'' (Ribbe, 1905) Description f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaucopsyche Alexis
''Glaucopsyche alexis'', the green-underside blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The butterfly flies from April to July depending on the location, lingering in warm, lush meadows with plenty of its host plant, vetch (''Vicia''). Subspecies *''G. a. alexis'' southern and central Europe and Siberia *''G. a. blachieri'' (Milliére, 1887) Carpathians *''G. a. lugens'' (Caradja, 1893) Caucasus *''G. a. melanoposmater'' Verity, 1928 Algeria and Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ... Description from Seitz L. cyllarus Rott. (= damoetas Schiff.) (82 f). Male above light cyaneous blue with a violet sheen and narrow black border; female darker blue with the black border gradually shading off, so that it occupies nearly the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Favonius Quercus
The purple hairstreak (''Favonius quercus'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae distributed throughout much of Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, Caucasia, and Transcaucasia. The larva feeds on ''Quercus robur'', ''Quercus petraea'', ''Quercus cerris'' and ''Quercus ilex''. Subspecies *''F. quercus interjectus'' (Verity, 1919) - Italy *''F. quercus longicaudatus'' ( Riley, 1921) - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, West Iran *''F. quercus iberica'' ( Staudinger, 1901) - Morocco, Algeria, Iberia Description in Seitz ''Z. quercus'' L. (74 c, d). male above with a blue gloss and narrow black distal border, the female with the basal area of the forewing blue and often the cell of the hindwing bluish. Underside leaden-grey, with a proximally dark-edged white line before the outer third and in the anal area of the hindwing weak yellow spots. ab. ''obsoleta'' Tutt are females without any blue gloss; there occur also transitional specimens with the blue reduced (''semiobsoleta''). ab. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eumedonia Eumedon
''Eumedonia eumedon'', the geranium argus, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. This butterfly has been included in the genera ''Plebejus'', '' Plebeius'', ''Polyommatus'' and '' Aricia'', but recent molecular studies have demonstrated that '' Eumedonia'' is a valid genus, different from the previous genera mentioned. The wingspan is 26–30 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on Geraniaceae species (genera ''Geranium'' and ''Erodium ''Erodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the botanical family Geraniaceae. The genus includes about 60 species, native to North Africa, Indomalaya, the Middle East, and Australia. They are perennials, annuals, or subshrubs, with five-petal ...''). Description from Seitz L. eumedon Esp. (= chiron Rott.) (80 a). Above dark brown with white fringes and dark discocellular spot to the forewing; the female has small red anal submarginal spots on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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