Shelters [1] [2] [3] ( lat. Apatura ) is a genus of day butterflies from the Nymphalida family .
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Description
Day butterflies with a wingspan of 50-75 mm. Females are larger than males. Coloring males with blue or violet bright tint. The color of the females is brown-brown. The outer edge of the front wings is slightly wavy, the edge of the hind wings is noticeably wavy. The underside is brighter with a “dissecting” color, with the obligatory presence of ocular spots on the upper and lower wings in the cell Cu1-Cu2. The central cells of the front and rear wings are not closed. On the fore wings, the veins R1, R2 do not branch and originate from the central cell. R3, R4, R5 have a common trunk, which also starts from the central cell. Veins R1 and R2 go to the costal (front) edge of the front wing, vein R3 to the apex, and veins R4 and R5 to the outer edge. Hind wings with a small eye in the anal corner. Head with bare eyes (without hairs), labial palps covered with scales. Antenna with a gradually thickening mace.
The caterpillar has a green body with yellow stripes and dots, without spines, on the head and on the end of the body there are two outgrowths.
Views
- Poplar bed poplar Apatura ilia Denis et Schiffermϋller, 1775
- A. i. extensa Le Moult, 1947
- A. i. herastituta O. Bang-Haas, 1936
- A. i. here Felder, 1862
- A. i. hereoides O. Bang-Haas, 1933
- A. i. huapingensis Yoshino, 1998
- A. i. ilia Denis et Schiffermϋller, 1775
- A. i. phaedra Leech, 1892
- A. i. praeclara Bollow, 1930
- A. i. pusilla O. Bang-Haas, 1936
- A. i. serarum Oberthür
- A. i. sobrina stichel
- A. i. subsobrina Mell, 1952
- A. i. szechwanensis Le Moult, 1947
- A. i. yunnana Mell, 1952
- Willow Shelter Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A. i. amurensis Stichel, 1909
- A. i. bieti Oberthür, 1885
- A. i. kansuensis O. Bang-Haas, 1933
- A. i. xanthina Oberthür, 1909
- Apatura laverna Leech, 1893
- A. l. laverna Leech, 1893
- A. l. yunlingensis Yoshino, 1999
- Immigrant Apatura metis Freyer, 1829
- A. m. bunea Heriich-Schäffer, 1845
- A. m. doii Matsumura, 1928
- A. m. heijona Matsumura, 1928
- A. m. irtyshika Korshunov, 1982
- A. m. separata tuzov, 2000
- A. m. substituta Butler, 1873
Moved to genus Chitoria :
- Apatura fasciola (Leech, 1890) now - Chitoria fasciola
- Apatura sordida (Moore, 1865) now - Chitoria sordida
- Apatura ulupi (Doherty, 1889) now - Chitoria ulupi
- Apatura vietnamica Nguyen, 1979 now - Chitoria vietnamica
Moved to the genus Mimathyma :
- Apatura ambica (Kollar, 1844) - now - Mimathyma ambica
- Apatura chevana Moore 1865 - now - Mimathyma chevana
- Apatura nycteis Ménétriès, 1859 - now - Mimathyma nycteis
- Apatura schrenckii Ménétriès, 1858 - now - Mimathyma schrenckii
Notes
- ↑ Gornostaev G.N. Insects of the USSR. - Moscow: Thought, 1970 .-- 372 p. - (Reference guides to the geographer and traveler).
- ↑ Smelters N.N. Key to insects. A brief guide to the most common insects in the European part of the USSR. - M: Uchpedgiz, 1957.- 548 p.
- ↑ Morgun D.V. Bulavous Lepidoptera in European Russia and neighboring countries. Qualifier-reference book. - M .: MGSYUN, 2002 .-- 208 p.
Literature
- Mamaev B. M. Identifier of insects by larvae. A manual for teachers. - M .: Education, 1972. - 400 p.
- Morgun D.V. Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in European Russia and neighboring countries. Qualifier-reference book. - M .: MGSYUN, 2002 .-- 208 p.
Links
- www.nic.funet.fi List of species and their subspecies, as well as distribution