The bluebird Mirida [1] , or the bluebird steppe [2] , or the rimisation of the myris [3] ( Latin Rimisia miris ) is a species of butterflies from the family of the blues (4)
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Rimisia miris ( Staudinger , 1881) |
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Name etymology
Mirida ( Greek mythology ) is one of the oceans [5] [1] .
Description
The upper side of the wings in both sexes is dark brown in color. In the central cell on the underside of the wings is a black dot. The underside of the wings with a clear pattern of fairly large dark spots, including in the basal area. The black points of the submarginal row of spots on the hind wings are devoid of shiny scales. The eyes are bare. Antenna mace consists of 16 segments .
Habitat and habitat
Mangystau Mountains and west Aktyubinskay and Mangistauskay areas in Western Kazakhstan , Central and Eastern Kazakhstan, the mountain ranges of Central Asia , Northern Iran and Afghanistan , Northwest China [6] [7] [8] . The species inhabits sandy and rocky clay deserts and semi-deserts and the slopes of mountains and hills at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level [6] .
Biology
Develops in one generation for the year. The time of flight is mid-May to July. Butterflies feed on astragalus flowers. Caterpillar fodder plants are various species of astragalus, including Astragalus balchaschensis , Astragalus vulpinus and Astragalus sieversianus [6] .
Classification
When describing the species was named Lycaena miris Staudinger, 1881 . In 1996, Alexander Borisovich Zhdanko taxon was allocated to a separate genus Rimisia [9] . Sometimes the genus Rimisia is considered as a subgenus of the genus Polyommatus [8] . In addition to the nominative subspecies, the species includes the subspecies Rimisia miris miatleuskyi (Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001) , known from the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan [8] [7] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ivy I.G., Morgun D.V., Dovgailo E.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A. Daytime butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera) of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database, and Lysandra software package. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, 2005.
- ↑ Korshunov Yu. P. The Bulavous Lepidoptera of Northern Asia . - M .: Fellowship of scientific publications KMK, 2002. - p. 380. - 430 p. - ISBN 5-87317-115-7 .
- ↑ Zhdanko A. B., Kazenas V. L. Day Butterflies of the Seven Rivers . - Almaty: Nur-Print, 2014. - p. 171. - 214 p. - (Animals of Kazakhstan in photos).
- Ave Talavera G., Lukhtanov VA, Piercee NE & Vilaa R. Polymermatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) (English) // Cladistics. - 2013. - Vol. 29 , no. 2 P. 166-192 . - ISSN 1096-0031 . - DOI : 10.1111 / j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x .
- ↑ Lvovsky A. L. , Morgun D. V. Determinants on the flora and fauna of Russia. Issue 8 // The Butterfly Lepidopterans of Eastern Europe. - M .: Association of scientific publications KMK, 2007. - 443 p. - 2000 copies - ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4 .
- 2 1 2 3 Tuzov VK, Bogdanov PV, Churkin SV, Dantchenko AV, Devyatkin AL, Murzin VS, Samodurov GD, Zhdanko AB Guide to the Territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Volume 2: Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, and Lycaenidae. - Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft, 2000. - p. 80-81. - 581 p. - ISBN 978-9546420954 . - ISBN 9546420956 .
- ↑ 1 2 Korb S. K., Bolshakov L. V. Catalog of Butterfly Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Papilinoidea) of the former USSR .. - Tula: Grif and K, 2011. - p. 90. - 124 p. - ISBN 978-5-8125-1641-3 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gorbunov P. Yu. Higher Lepidoptera (Macrolepidoptera) of deserts and southern steppes of Western Kazakhstan. Fauna review / Scientific editors: A. Yu. Matov, K. T. Nuppen. - Ekaterinburg: I.P. Lisitsina, 2011. - p. 143. - 192 p. - ISBN 978-5-9901984-7-0 .
- ↑ Zhdanko A., B. New genera and species of blues (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Asia // Selevinia. - 1994. - № 2 . - pp . 94–95 . - ISSN 1024-7688 .