Coenonympha phryne
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Coenonympha phryne , Syn . : Triphysa phryne , is a butterfly ( butterflies ) from the family of noble butterflies (Nymphalidae), which occurs from Southeast Russia to East Asia.
description
In the male, Coenonympha phryne has a blackish-brown-gray upper side of the wing with a fine, sharply defined, golden edge. On the underside, between the veins, there is a row of submarginal ocelles that shine through upwards in the significantly lighter female.
Similar species
- Coenonympha albovenosa ( Verschoff , 1885) has a broader, more white-metallic edge that is not sharply delimited against the basic color. On the underside of the hind wing, the white band is larger, but less developed.
distribution
Coenonympha phryne occurs from southeast Russia ( Volga - Don , South Urals) through Transcaucasia , Armenia and southwest Siberia to Kuldscha and the Altai .
Way of life
The caterpillars feed on feather grasses ( Stipa ). Coenonympha phryne occurs up to an altitude of 3000 meters in steppes, semi-deserts and mountains. The pupa hibernates.
Flight time
Coenonympha phryne flies from May, sometimes as early as April to July, in the high altitudes of the mountains in June / July.
Systematics
Coenonympha phryne was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 as Papilio phryne in a journey through various provinces of the Russian Empire in the years 1768–1774 . Many authors assign it to the genus Triphysa consisting of three species , which Kodandaramaiah and Wahlberg 2009 synonymized with Coenonympha , since the species together with Coenonympha oedippus form a clade . Phryne is the name of a famous hetaera because the two sexes seem not to belong together.
Synonyms
- Papilio Phryne Pallas , 1771
- Papilio tircis Stoll , [1782]
- Triphysa pupillata Kozhanchikov 1936
- Triphysa semiluna Kozhanchikov 1936
literature
- The Palaearctic butterflies . In: Adalbert Seitz (ed.): The large butterflies of the earth . tape 1 . Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1909, p. 147 .
- Philipp Christoph Zeller : Two new butterflies . In: Entomological Newspaper . 1850, p. 308 ( archive.org [PDF]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Seitz, p. 147
- ↑ Zeller, p. 308
- ↑ a b c d e Triphysa phryne (Pallas, 1771). Russian-Insects.com, accessed December 15, 2015 .
- ↑ U. Kodandaramaiah, N. Wahlberg: Phylogeny and biogeography of Coenonympha butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) . In: Systematic Entomology . tape 34 . Wiley, 2009, p. 315–323 (English, nymphalidae.net [PDF; 529 kB ; accessed on December 15, 2015]).
- ^ Arnold Spuler: The butterflies of Europe . tape 1 . E. Schweitzerbartsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1908, p. 49 .
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. Coenonympha phryne - Taxonomy and Photos