Bluish sedum
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The Scolitantides Orion ( Scolitantides Orion ) is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Gossamer (Lycaenidae). The specific epithet is derived from Orion , a hunter from Greek mythology .
description
The upper side of the wing is black / dark brown in both sexes with a more or less strong blue pollination. The underside is white with large black spots and an orange band on the hind wing. The wing edge is set off in black and white.
Flight time
Depending on the region, the moths fly into one, sometimes two and three generations from mid-April to the end of August.
habitat
The primary habitat are steep, sunny rock slopes on rivers. In Rhineland-Palatinate, abandoned vineyards with adjoining rocky slopes or dry stone walls on the Middle Rhine and Moselle are currently the last habitats of the blue stonecrop.
Way of life
Eggs are usually laid on plants of the genus Hylotelephium , especially on the great sedum plant ( Hylotelephium telephium) . In addition, plants of the Sedum genus are also documented. The caterpillars are difficult to find because they live very hidden. From the second moult (L3) the caterpillar has two tentacles and a nectar on the back of the back. From this point in time, sometimes even before, they live in symbiosis with different ants. The ants feed on the secretion of the nectar gland, in return the caterpillars are protected from smaller enemies by the ants. Pupation takes place in cracks in the rock or in the overlying litter layer. The moths suckle on a variety of nectar plants, with a preference for white flowers can be observed.
distribution
The blue stonecrop is patchy spread from Europe via Turkey, Central Asia to Japan. In Austria , the species that is considered to be a sensitive bio-indicator and refuge from culture has disappeared in many places. In Germany the species occurs in Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria and in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Hazard and protection
- Red list FRG: 1 (threatened with extinction).
swell
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Spuler: The butterflies of Europe . tape 1 . E. Schweitzerbartsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1908, p. 62 .
- ↑ Butterfly. 2. Special part: Satyridae, Libytheidae, Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae . In: Günter Ebert, Erwin Rennwald (eds.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 2 . Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1991, ISBN 3-8001-3459-4 .
- ↑ a b W. Düring: Species portrait of the stonecrop blueing in Rhineland-Palatinate. (PDF) In: Butterfly in Rhineland-Palatinate. BUND RLP, January 20, 2020, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Gerfried Deschka, Josef Wimmer, The Butterfly Fauna of the Cross Wall, Contribution. Naturk. Upper Austria, 2000
- ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .
literature
- Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07573-7 .
- Hans-Josef Weidemann: Butterflies: observe, determine . Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-115-X .
- Manfred Koch : We determine butterflies. Volume 1: Butterfly. 4th enlarged edition. Neumann, Radebeul / Berlin 1966, DNB 457244224 .
- R. Reinhardt, H. Sbieschne, J. Settele, U. Fischer, G. Fiedler: Butterfly of Saxony. In: B. Klausnitzer, R. Reinhardt (Hrsg.): Contributions to the insect fauna of Saxony, Volume 6. - Entomological news and reports. Supplement 11. Verlag Bernhard Klausnitzer, Dresden 2007, ISSN 0232-5535
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. Photos and taxonomy
- www.schmetterling-raupe.de
- Species portraits of butterflies in Rhineland-Palatinate blue-leaved sedum
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (English)
- Scolitantides orion in Fauna Europaea