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Lycaena tityrus

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429: 478: 459: 54: 75: 444: 33: 296:, but paler yellow, and with a very thin black edge instead of a broad black marginal band. Beneath yellowish grey, with very numerous black ocelli and small russet-red spots before the margin. Throughout Europe, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, with the exception of Great Britain; also in Asia Minor. — In the much larger 291:
C. dorilis Hufn. (= circe Schiff., garbas F., phocas Rott., dorylas Kirby) (77 c) Male above black- brown, with a magnificent metallic green gloss when alive, with black spots corresponding to those of the underside and with a very thin reddish lunate line before the margin of the hindwing. Female
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Schultz the narrow red-yellow band of the hindwing above is continued on to the forewing also in the male— Egg semiglobular, dull green, somewhat darker at the top, coarsely punctured. Larva light green, minutely dotted with whitish, on the back occasionally with violet sheen, some specimens bear
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Oberth. (77d) is much brighter above, with stronger yellow variegation, and the hindwing has a short triangular tail; from Castilia. — Also in this species specimens with abnormally dark upperside have been found: males which are devoid of the red submarginal band to the hindwing above — ab.
390:. Pupa greenish or brown, with dark dorsal line and lighter sides, with minute dark dots. The butterflies occur all through the summer, in the south in three overlapping broods, on roads among fields and on broad sunny forest-roads; they visit according to season particularly 308:
M.-Durr) (77 d) the underside is more plumbeous grey than yellowish grey, and the red submarginal spots are reduced; from the Alps. — On the other hand, the underside of
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Gillm.) — and whose females are dark like the males, also specimens with more extended light yellow area on the forewing — ab.
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is 28–30 millimetres (1.1–1.2 in). The butterfly flies from April to October, depending on the location and subspecies (
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Stgr. (77 d) is more yellowish and the upperside of the female entirely blackish; from Anterior Asia to the Altai. —
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Marabuto, E; Nunes, MS; Martins, R; Mendes, R; Moreira-Pinhal, TC; Raimundo, J; Seabra, SG; Paulo, OS (2023).
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Ter Haar) —, both forms being quite inconstant. Other occasionally observed pale forms are a yellow one (ab.
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ascends to a considerable height (Seiser Alp). In some localities dorilis flies together with
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Wheel.), in which the hindwing above bears a row of whitish dots before the outer third, ab.
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Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter
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minute red markings. It hibernates and feeds until April and again in the summer, on
231:(Speyer, 1851) TL: Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Austria. In the Alps at high altitudes. 882: 832: 543: 533: 272: 225:(Poda, 1761) TL: Graz, Austria. Throughout Europe from Russia to central N. Spain. 787: 465: 242: 766: 538: 505: 237:
Verity 1934 TL: Puerto de Pajares, Asturias, Spain. In NW. Iberia and W. France.
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so that Mackee considers certain intermediate specimens to be hybrids (ab.
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Schultz the submarginal dots of the underside are modified to stripes, ab.
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in which the dark upperside is devoid of the coppery sheen found in fresh
715: 642: 625: 126: 846: 792: 707: 548: 210: 136: 32: 720: 206: 106: 86: 587: 826: 610: 254: 450: 246:(Oberthür, 1884) which has often been considered a subspecies of 146: 45: 469: 116: 96: 41: 582:, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) 503: 874: 52: 31: 547: 537: 279: 898:Taxa named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus 875: 381:Wheel, is only a dwarfed form. In ab. 592: 591: 695:a44c8c3f-4301-435d-ac8d-1f68e5ed2306 13: 14: 909: 284:For a key to the terms used, see 476: 457: 442: 427: 73: 578:Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, 572: 497: 1: 893:Butterflies described in 1761 491: 216: 337:Stef.) and a white one (ab. 286:Glossary of entomology terms 7: 539:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107699 349:Wheel, is an aberration of 235:Lycaena tityrus praebleusei 10: 914: 283: 816: 600: 229:Lycaena tityrus subalpina 213:. It is found in Europe. 175: 168: 70:Scientific classification 68: 60: 51: 39: 30: 23: 261:is univoltine in July). 223:Lycaena tityrus tityrus 280:Description from Seitz 888:Butterflies of Europe 365:is represented among 690:Fauna Europaea (new) 16:Species of butterfly 530:2023MolPE.18007699M 518:Mol Phylogenet Evol 264:The larvae feed on 485:Amarante, Portugal 63:Amarante, Portugal 870: 869: 801:Open Tree of Life 594:Taxon identifiers 292:above similar to 194: 193: 905: 863: 862: 850: 849: 837: 836: 835: 809: 808: 796: 795: 783: 782: 770: 769: 767:NHMSYS0000503121 757: 756: 747: 746: 737: 736: 724: 723: 711: 710: 698: 697: 685: 684: 672: 671: 659: 658: 646: 645: 636: 635: 634: 621: 620: 619: 589: 588: 583: 576: 570: 569: 551: 541: 501: 480: 461: 446: 431: 375:purpureopunctata 359:caeruleopunctata 341:Verity). In ab. 273:Rumex acetosella 181: 78: 77: 56: 35: 21: 20: 913: 912: 908: 907: 906: 904: 903: 902: 873: 872: 871: 866: 858: 853: 845: 840: 831: 830: 825: 818:Papilio tityrus 812: 804: 799: 791: 788:Observation.org 786: 778: 773: 765: 760: 752: 750: 742: 740: 732: 727: 719: 714: 706: 701: 693: 688: 680: 675: 667: 662: 654: 649: 641: 639: 632:Lycaena tityrus 630: 629: 624: 615: 614: 609: 602:Lycaena tityrus 596: 586: 577: 573: 524:(180): 107699. 508:Lycaena bleusei 502: 498: 494: 487: 481: 472: 466:Kampinos Forest 462: 453: 447: 438: 435:Lycaena tityrus 432: 383:fulvomarginalis 289: 282: 259:L. t. subalpina 243:Lycaena bleusei 219: 198:Lycaena tityrus 190: 183: 179:Lycaena tityrus 177: 164: 161:L. tityrus 72: 25:Lycaena tityrus 17: 12: 11: 5: 911: 901: 900: 895: 890: 885: 868: 867: 865: 864: 851: 838: 822: 820: 814: 813: 811: 810: 797: 784: 771: 758: 748: 738: 725: 712: 699: 686: 677:Fauna Europaea 673: 660: 647: 637: 622: 606: 604: 598: 597: 585: 584: 571: 495: 493: 490: 489: 488: 482: 475: 473: 463: 456: 454: 448: 441: 439: 433: 426: 281: 278: 239: 238: 232: 226: 218: 215: 209:of the family 192: 191: 184: 173: 172: 166: 165: 158: 156: 152: 151: 144: 140: 139: 134: 130: 129: 124: 120: 119: 114: 110: 109: 104: 100: 99: 94: 90: 89: 84: 80: 79: 66: 65: 58: 57: 49: 48: 37: 36: 28: 27: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 910: 899: 896: 894: 891: 889: 886: 884: 881: 880: 878: 861: 856: 852: 848: 843: 839: 834: 828: 824: 823: 821: 819: 815: 807: 802: 798: 794: 789: 785: 781: 776: 772: 768: 763: 759: 755: 749: 745: 739: 735: 730: 726: 722: 717: 713: 709: 704: 700: 696: 691: 687: 683: 678: 674: 670: 665: 661: 657: 652: 648: 644: 638: 633: 627: 623: 618: 612: 608: 607: 605: 603: 599: 595: 590: 581: 575: 567: 563: 559: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 531: 527: 523: 519: 515: 513: 509: 500: 496: 486: 479: 474: 471: 467: 460: 455: 452: 445: 440: 436: 430: 425: 424: 423: 421: 417: 413: 409: 405: 401: 400:Chrysanthemum 397: 393: 389: 384: 380: 376: 372: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 324: 320: 315: 311: 307: 303: 299: 295: 287: 277: 275: 274: 269: 268: 267:Rumex acetosa 262: 260: 256: 251: 249: 245: 244: 236: 233: 230: 227: 224: 221: 220: 214: 212: 208: 204: 200: 199: 188: 182: 180: 174: 171: 170:Binomial name 167: 163: 162: 157: 154: 153: 150: 149: 145: 142: 141: 138: 135: 132: 131: 128: 125: 122: 121: 118: 115: 112: 111: 108: 105: 102: 101: 98: 95: 92: 91: 88: 85: 82: 81: 76: 71: 67: 64: 59: 55: 50: 47: 43: 38: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 817: 601: 579: 574: 521: 517: 511: 507: 499: 434: 419: 415: 411: 407: 403: 399: 395: 391: 387: 382: 378: 374: 373:Ter Haar (= 370: 366: 362: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 330: 326: 322: 318: 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 290: 271: 265: 263: 258: 252: 247: 241: 240: 234: 228: 222: 203:sooty copper 202: 197: 196: 195: 178: 176: 160: 159: 147: 24: 18: 754:LycaenTityr 716:iNaturalist 626:Wikispecies 549:10451/59545 127:Lepidoptera 877:Categories 833:Q109585229 512:L. tityrus 492:References 420:xanthoides 396:Ranunculus 392:Potentilla 357:. The ab. 310:orientalis 248:L. tityrus 217:Subspecies 211:Lycaenidae 137:Lycaenidae 107:Arthropoda 566:255543596 416:alciphron 412:subalpina 408:Leontodon 355:subalpina 351:subalpina 329:Fuchs (= 321:S. L. (= 319:obscurior 298:subalpina 207:butterfly 155:Species: 93:Kingdom: 87:Eukaryota 827:Wikidata 751:MaBENA: 640:BioLib: 611:Wikidata 558:36621583 464:Female, 339:upoleuca 327:albicans 300:Spr. (= 255:wingspan 133:Family: 103:Phylum: 97:Animalia 83:Domain: 883:Lycaena 847:8390132 708:5882898 617:Q901019 526:Bibcode 451:Estonia 449:Kulna, 371:brantsi 369:by ab. 367:dorilis 363:phlaeas 347:brunnea 343:strandi 335:fulvior 314:bleusei 306:montana 294:phlaeas 205:, is a 189:, 1761) 148:Lycaena 143:Genus: 123:Order: 117:Insecta 113:Class: 46:Germany 860:707189 806:123534 780:266947 734:174448 721:154654 682:441198 564:  556:  483:Male, 470:Poland 404:Thymus 302:xanthe 201:, the 61:Male, 42:Saxony 40:Male, 741:LoB: 669:90400 664:EUNIS 656:82782 643:51376 562:S2CID 388:Rumex 331:nyeni 323:fusca 855:ITIS 842:GBIF 775:NCBI 744:4108 729:IUCN 703:GBIF 651:BOLD 554:PMID 510:and 437:♀ △ 406:and 379:nana 304:F., 270:and 253:The 187:Poda 793:684 762:NBN 544:hdl 534:doi 522:180 422:). 361:of 879:: 857:: 844:: 829:: 803:: 790:: 777:: 764:: 731:: 718:: 705:: 692:: 679:: 666:: 653:: 628:: 613:: 560:. 552:. 542:. 532:. 520:. 516:. 468:, 402:, 398:, 394:, 276:. 44:, 568:. 546:: 536:: 528:: 514:" 288:. 185:(

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Saxony
Germany

Amarante, Portugal
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lycaenidae
Lycaena
Binomial name
Poda
butterfly
Lycaenidae
Lycaena bleusei
wingspan
Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosella
Glossary of entomology terms
Lycaena tityrus ♀ △
Kulna, Estonia
Estonia
Female, Kampinos Forest, Poland
Kampinos Forest
Poland
Male, Amarante, Portugal

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