High-moor mother-of-pearl butterfly

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High-moor mother-of-pearl butterfly
High-moor mother-of-pearl butterfly (Boloria aquilonaris)

High-moor mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Boloria aquilonaris )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Noble butterfly (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily : Heliconiinae
Genre : Boloria
Type : High-moor mother-of-pearl butterfly
Scientific name
Boloria aquilonaris
( Graver , 1908)
pairing
Wing underside
Caterpillar of the high moor mother-of-pearl moth
Egg of the high moor mother-of-pearl moth

The raised moor mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Boloria aquilonaris ) is a butterfly (day butterfly ) of the genus Boloria in the family of the noble butterfly (Nymphalidae).

features

The wing tops of the moths have orange-brown basic colors and well-developed black markings.

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Similar species

In Central Europe , confusion with various mother-of-pearl butterflies of the genera Boloria , but also Brenthis and, for beginners, perhaps Argynnis, is possible. The latter, however, are much larger.

Species with similarities in the underside of the hind wing, which is decisive for the determination:

Other species are also found in Northern Europe.

Flight time

The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to August.

habitat

The raised bog mother-of-pearl butterfly is dependent on the presence of raised bogs and acidic, nutrient-poor intermediate bogs in which the caterpillar's forage plant grows. However, the adult butterfly often appears on the search for nectar plants on neighboring fens , meadows and along roadsides.

Way of life

The caterpillars feed on the common cranberry ( Vaccinum oxycoccos ) and overwinter.

distribution

The raised bog mother-of-pearl butterfly has recent records from almost all German federal states, but often only from isolated, small remains of bog (e.g. Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse ). The butterfly occurs in southern Belgium ( Ardennes with small, widely dispersed populations), France ( Massif Central , Orne , Eure , Seine-Maritime , Nièvre , Jura , Doubs , Haute-Saône , Haut- Rhin , Vosges ). From Switzerland he is known from the Jura , the foothills of the Alps and the Engadine . It also occurs in Austria , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Poland and the Baltic States . It is widespread and common in Fennoscandinavia, including Zealand . Since in the past many raised bogs were drained and, with the exception of a few miserable remains, destroyed by peat mining, the species has become very rare or extinct in many areas.

Danger

Saxony red list : 2
Baden-Württemberg
red list: 2 FRG red list: 2 (highly endangered)

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  • Günter Ebert, Erwin Rennwald (ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 1 . Butterflies . 1. General part: systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature, faunistics and ecology, endangerment and protection, data processing; Special part: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8001-3451-9 .
  • Josef Settele, Roland Steiner, Rolf Reinhard, Reinhart Feldmann: Ulmer Naturführer: Butterflies. The butterflies of Germany . 1st edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4167-1 .
  • Tom Schulte, Oliver Eller, Manfred Niehuis, Erwin Rennwald (eds.): The butterflies of the Palatinate (2 volumes). GNOR self-published, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-9807669-2-0 .

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