Zygaena purpuralis
| Zygaena purpuralis |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Zygaenidae |
| Genus: |
Zygaena |
| Species: |
Z. purpuralis |
| Binomial name |
Zygaena purpuralis
(Brünnich, 1763) |
| Synonyms |
- Zygaena reissi Burgeff, 1926
- Zygaena reissiana Burgeff, 1926
- Zygaena reissoides Koch, 1942
- Zygaena hibernica Reiss, 1933
- Zygaena simferopolica Reiss, 1939
- Zygaena guhni Reiss, 1940
- Zygaena neumanni Reiss, 1940
- Zygaena purpurella Reiss, 1953
- Zygaena fatrensis Reiss, 1940
- Zygaena subalpicola Reiss, 1940
- Zygaena bezauensis Reiss, 1940
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The Transparent Burnet (Zygaena purpuralis) is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 30-34 mm. Adults are on wing in June and early July. They fly during the day.
The larva feed on Thymus polytrichus.
Subspecies
- Zygaena purpuralis austronubigena
- Zygaena purpuralis caledonensis (Hebridean islands of Skye, Lismore, Kerrera, Mull, Ulva, Eigg, Canna, and Rhum and in a few localities on the Scottish mainland in Kintyre and parts of western Argyllshire)
- Zygaena purpuralis dojranica
- Zygaena purpuralis fiorii
- Zygaena purpuralis isarca
- Zygaena purpuralis lathyri
- Zygaena purpuralis magnalpina
- Zygaena purpuralis mirabilis
- Zygaena purpuralis nubigena
- Zygaena purpuralis purpuralis
- Zygaena purpuralis segontii (occurred on sea-cliffs of the Lleyn Peninsula, Caernarvonshire. It has not been reported since 1962 and might be extinct)
- Zygaena purpuralis sabulosa (western Ireland and Cos Galway and Mayo and on Inishmore and Aran Islands)
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