Sudeck Chernushka [1] ( lat. Erebia sudetica ) - diurnal butterfly from the family of marigolds , a species of the genus Erebia . Fore wing length 15-17 mm.
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| Erebia sudetica Staudinger , 1861 |
Name Etymology
Sudetica (toponymic) - Sudeten [2] .
Habitat and habitat
Mountains of Western ( France , Switzerland , Italy and Austria ), Central and Eastern Europe (mountains of the eastern Czech Republic , mountains of Slovakia , Tatra Mountains , Eastern and Southern Carpathians in Romania ) [1] . In Poland, he lived in the Bial Mountains ( Sudetenland ), where no species were observed after 1976, here the species may have become extinct. It is rare and locally found in the Tatras in Slovakia. In Romania, lives in the mountains of the Eastern and Southern Carpathians, on the Retezat massif.
Butterflies inhabit subalpine and alpine meadows , less commonly forest glades at heights of 1500–2500 m. [1] .
Biology
One generation a year. The flight time is July-August. The feed plant of the caterpillars is the odoriferous (Anthoxanthum odoratum) [1] and bluegrass (Poa annua) [3] . Caterpillars lead a predominantly secretive lifestyle. Caterpillars overwinter.
Security
The species is included in the Red Book of European Day Butterflies with the category SPEC1 - as a European endemic that is under global threat of extinction.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lvovsky A.L. , Morgun D.V. Qualifiers for the flora and fauna of Russia. Issue 8 // Lepidoptera Lepidoptera of Eastern Europe. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2007. - 443 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4 .
- ↑ Ivy I.G., Morgun D.V., Dovgaylo K.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A. Day butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera) of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database and software package “Lysandra”. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, 2005.
- ↑ C. Van Swaay; et al. (2012). "Dos and Don'ts for butterflies of the Habitats Directive of the European Union." Nature Conservation. 1: 73. doi: 10.3897 / natureconservation. 1.2786