Neolycaena rhymnus
| Neolycaena rhymnus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Neolycaena |
| Species: | N. rhymnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neolycaena rhymnus (Eversmann, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Neolycaena rhymnus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Ukraine and southern and central Russia to the southern Ural mountains, Zauralye, the western and southern Altai Region, the Sayan mountains and Kazakhstan.
Adults are on wing from late May to mid June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Caragana frutex.
Subspecies
- Neolycaena rhymnus rhymnus
- Neolycaena rhymnus betpakdalensis (western Kazakhstan)
- Neolycaena rhymnus rufina (Katutau Mountains, Dzhungarsky Alatau, south-eastern Kazakhstan)
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, September 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.