Lycaena osiris [2] [3] , Lycaena osiris [ 4] or Lycaena osiris [5] , or Lycaena small [6] ( lat. Cupido osiris ) is a species of day butterflies from the Lycaenidae family .
| Lycaena osiris |
Lycaena Cupido osiris |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Squadron : | Amphiesmenoptera |
| Infrastructure : | Butterflies |
| Treasure : | Double-breasted |
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| International scientific name |
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Cupido osiris ( Meigen , 1829) |
| Synonyms |
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- Polyommatus osiris Meigen, 1829
- Cupido sebrus (Boisduval, 1832) [1]
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Palearctic view. Western , Eastern and Southern Europe (including Russia and Ukraine ). Caucasus , Crimea , Asia Minor ( Turkey ), South Siberia , Altai , Sayans , Transbaikalia , Mongolia , Central Asia , Tien Shan , Dzhungarsky Alatau [1] [7] . In the European part of Russia, the northern border of the range passes through the Penza, Tula, Ulyanovsk regions and Bashkiria [8] .
The species was first described in 1829 by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen and named by him in honor of Osiris , the god of rebirth, the king of the underworld in ancient Egyptian mythology [6] [4] .
Length 9-17 mm [3] . The wings of the male are blue on top with a black edge. Brown female. The veins Sc (subcostal) and R1 (Cs) on the fore wing are fused (in the closely related species Cupido minima they are separate) [2] . Butterflies from different places (South Ural, Lower Volga, Crimea, etc.) are characterized by relative stability of characters. Butterflies from the Stavropol Territory are distinguished by larger sizes, a well-developed pattern on the lower side of the wings, and usually well-defined purple basal pollination on the upper side of the female wings.
South and Southeast Europe, Transcaucasia , the Caucasus , Asia Minor and Central Asia , Kazakhstan , southern Siberia to the east to Transbaikalia [4] . It is found in southwestern Slovakia, in Western Hungary and in Romania . In Ukraine, the species is found in the Carpathian valley of the Dniester , locally in the steppe and forest-steppe zones and in the Mountain Crimea . The species was also found in the vicinity of Kiev, in the Ukrainian steppe and Lugansk reserves . In the European part of Russia, the northern border runs along the forest-steppe: in the Kondolsky and Luninsky districts of the Penza region, in the vicinity of the villages of Shilovka, Srednikovo, Ryabin station in the Ulyanovsk region. The northernmost find of the species is known in the south of the Tula region . In the Southern Urals, the northern border of the species range passes through Bashkiria and the Chelyabinsk region , as well as in the Orenburg region. In the Lower Volga region, the species is quite local and is associated mainly with Cretaceous steppe massifs [4] . Golubyanka osiris was also noted on the chalk massif Divnogorye in the Voronezh region . In the Rostov region it is found at the farms Kalininsky and Lysogorka. In the south of the range, it is confined to mountain-exposure forbs-steppe communities in the Krasnodar Territory and in the south of Stavropol . In the mountains of the Greater Caucasus, it is found up to an altitude of 2100 m above sea level. m . [4] .
The species populates grass-steppe meadows along the slopes of mountains and hills, meadows of various types in the forest-steppe zone, and chalk steppes. In the Greater Caucasus, it inhabits the grassy meadows of the subalpine and forest belts. In the north of the range, it prefers wet meadows, sparse deciduous forests, and forest edges [4] .
It develops in one or two generations [4] . The flight time of butterflies in the north of the range is observed from July to August, in Ukraine and in the Southern Urals - from the end of May to August-September. In the Caucasus, butterflies are found from mid-June to the end of July, and in places - until the beginning of August [4] .
Butterflies fly over flowering areas with a predominance of legumes at the Cretaceous and marl outlets, along the southern expositions of the mountains. Large numbers of males in the mountains of the Greater Caucasus are observed at watercourses together with other species of Lycaenidae [4] .
Females lay eggs on flowers, on which the caterpillar subsequently feeds. Caterpillars feed on flowers of sainfoin ( Onobrychis ) [6] , Colutea , Chin meadow [4] , Onobrychis arenaria [4] and other herbaceous legumes [2] . The caterpillar overwinters [6] , which is visited by ants of the genus Lasius , in particular with ants Lasius alienus [4] .
- ↑ 1 2 Cupido . Lepidoptera (Markku Savela). Date of treatment August 22, 2012. Archived October 29, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Key to insects of the Far East of Russia. T. V. Caddis flies and lepidopterans. Part 5 / under the general. ed. P.A. Lera . - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2005 .-- S. 373. - 575 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-8044-0597-7 .
- ↑ 1 2 Lvov A.L., Morgun D.V. Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in Eastern Europe. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2007. - T. 8. - P. 77. - 443 p. - (Keys to the flora and fauna of Russia). - ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Morgun D.V., Dovgaylo K.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A., Plyushch I.G. Day butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera ) Of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database and software package “Lysandra”. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow: 2005.
- ↑ Korshunov Yu. P. Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East. - Novosibirsk, 2000 .-- S. 150.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Morgun Dmitry Vladimirovich. Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in European Russia and neighboring countries. Qualifier-reference book. - M .: MGSYUN, 2002. - S. 145. - 208 p.
- ↑ Cupido osiris . Fauna Europea. Date of treatment August 22, 2012. Archived October 29, 2012.
- ↑ Korb S.K., Bolshakov L.V. Catalog of the club-headed Lepidoptera of the former USSR (2nd edition, rev. And additional) //. - Tula: Grif IK, 2011 .-- S. 79. - 124 p. - (Eversmania. Entomological research in Russia and neighboring regions. Dpt. Issue 2.). - ISBN 978-5-8125-1641-3 .
- Cupido (English) . Lepidoptera (Markku Savela). Date of treatment August 22, 2012. Archived October 29, 2012.
- Cupido osiris (German) . Taxonomie und Fotos . Lepiforum e. V .. Date of treatment August 19, 2012. Archived on October 29, 2012.
- Cupido osiris (German) . www.schmetterling-raupe.de. Date of treatment August 19, 2012. Archived October 29, 2012.
- Cupido osiris (English) . Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa. Date of treatment August 19, 2012. Archived October 29, 2012.
- Osiris Blue Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829 ) . biolib.cz. Date of treatment August 19, 2012.
