Hippia whitetail [1] , or Far Eastern barberry whitetail [2] , or hawthorn hippia [3] , ( lat. Aporia hippia ) is a butterfly from the whitetail family (Pieridae).
| White hippie |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Squadron : | Amphiesmenoptera |
| Infrastructure : | Butterflies |
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| International scientific name |
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Aporia hippia ( Bremer , 1861) |
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The wingspan of males is 51-60 mm, females - 56-63 mm. Outwardly similar to the hawthorn . Differs from the last yellow heel at the base of the hind wing from below.
The main background of the wings is white, along the veins there is a deposition of dark contrasting scales. On the underside, the apex of the front wing and the rear wing are milky yellow. The body is black, covered with white scales on the underside. Antennae dark with red areas on top of the mace. Sexual dimorphism : the male differs from the female in a more contrasting deposition of scales on a white background of the wings. The female’s wings are narrower and elongated, the anterior ones in the basal and discal parts are transparent, the deposition of dark scales is not as contrasted as that of the male [2] .
It is found in Japan ( Hokkaido ), Korea , Northeast China and Eastern Mongolia . In Russia, found in Primorye , Amur . The northernmost known find of the species in Transbaikalia is the valley of the Big Amalat near the village of Mongoy. In the eastern Transbaikalia, the species was noted in the central and southwestern parts [2] .
Butterflies are found in the forest belt along the rocky ruins (Kurumniki) of the slope forests, in the places where the fodder plant grows, caterpillars and barberries .
Develops in one generation per year. The flight time of butterflies covers mid-June - early July. In search of additional food, males often descend into the valleys of intermountain streams, where they often sit among clusters of hawthorn. Females, after mating, lay their eggs on forage plants of caterpillars. The food plants of the caterpillars are plants from the barberry family [3] - Amur barberry, Siberian barberry , Berberis thunbergi and others. Caterpillars of the first and second ages before wintering weave a dense spindle-shaped cocoon of dirty white color in which they winter as one winter. - one and a half dozen. In spring, they leave it in mid-May and begin to eat buds and young leaves. In the first decade of June, caterpillars pupate. The pupal stage lasts about a week [2] .
- ↑ Korshunov Yu.P. Determinants on the flora and fauna of Russia // The Butterfly Lepidoptera of Northern Asia. Issue 4. - M .: KMK Scientific Publishing House Partnership, 2002. - 424 p. - ISBN 5-87317-115-7 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Red Book of the Republic of Buryatia: Rare and Endangered Species of Animals. - 2nd ed., Pererab. and add. - Ulan-Ude, Informpolis, 2005. - 328 pp. ISBN 5-91121-001-0
- ↑ 1 2 Sochivko A.V. , Kaabak L.V. Key to butterflies of Russia. Day butterflies. - M .: Avanta +, 2012 .-- 320 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-98986-669-4 .
