Meadowsweet pestle [1] [2] ( lat. Neptis rivularis ) is a day butterfly from the nymphalid family .
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Appearance
The length of the front wing of the imago is 18–29 mm. The top of the wings is dark brown to black, with many large and smaller white spots. The underside is brown, with white spots. Females are larger than males and carry wider white bandages on their wings.
Distribution
Eurasia , Southern France , Switzerland , Northern Italy , Austria , the north of the Balkan Peninsula , Southeast Poland , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Eastern Europe , Southern Siberia , Mongolia , Northern China , Korea and Japan .
Lifestyle
Habitats
The valleys of rivers and streams, thickets of shrubs, edges and glades among sparse deciduous forests. It rises into the mountains to an altitude of 1300-1500 m above sea level .
Flight Time
Depending on the season and latitude, it develops in one or two generations. The first generation appears in late May and flies until early July. The second generation flies in late July and August. Males show territorial behavior, protecting the selected area from other males. Butterflies rarely visit flowers, mostly found on moist ground near streams or excrement. Young caterpillars, descendants of the second generation, build a cocoon from leaves for wintering and pupate in early May.
Caterpillar Feed Plants
Meadowsweet - Filipendula sp. ( Mill. ), Especially the meadowsweet meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria ( Maxim. ), Honeysuckle - Lonicera sp. ( L. ), Volzhanka vulgaris - Aruncus dioicus (Fernald), Spirea - Spiraea sp. ( Mill. ), In particular oak - leaved spirea - Spiraea chamaedryfolia and loosestrife - Spiraea salicifolia .
Similar species in Europe
- Dark-winged Pestle - Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
- Small Ribbon - Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Bluish Ribbon - Limenitis reducta (Staudinger, 1901)
Security Notes
It is included in the Red Book of Poland in 2001 , is protected in Slovakia [3] .
Links
- www.ecosystema.ru - Meadow pestle. . Date of treatment September 18, 2009. Archived on April 7, 2012.
- Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie. Neptis rivularis (Schwarzer Trauerfalter). (German) . Date of treatment September 18, 2009. Archived on April 7, 2012.
- Mapování a ochrana motýlů České republiky. Bělopásek tavolníkový - Neptis rivularis. (Czech) . Date of treatment September 18, 2009. Archived on April 7, 2012.
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 269. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ Korshunov Yu. P. Qualifiers for the flora and fauna of Russia // Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in North Asia. Issue 4. - M .: KMK Scientific Publications Partnership, 2002. - P. 55. - ISBN 5-87317-115-7 .
- ↑ www.ecosystema.ru - Meadow pestle