Erynnis marloyi
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Erynnis marloyi is a butterfly from the family of Skipper (Hesperiidae).
features
The fore wing length is 14 to 15 millimeters. The top is dark brown with indistinct white points on the edge. On the forewings there is a narrow black-brown subbasal band and an oblique, dark, somewhat gray-dusted post disk band. Pointed spots can be seen in front of apex two and three. The hind wings are dark brown and not marked. The underside is solid brown with white dots on the forewings as on the upper side. The female is slightly larger and lighter. The male has no Kostal envelope.
Geographical occurrence and habitat
Erynnis marloyi is distributed from the south of the Balkan Peninsula ( Bulgaria , Albania , Macedonia , Greece , European part of Turkey) through Asia Minor , Lebanon , Syria , Israel , Iraq , northern Iran , Afghanistan and in Transcaucasia. It lives on dry slopes, in ravines on carbonate rock. It can be found in mountains from 600 to 2000 meters and above.
Way of life
The moths fly from mid-May to late June. The females suckle on thyme ( thymus ). The moths are extremely shy and very easy to disturb. The caterpillars feed on Rosaceae.
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literature
- Lionel G. Higgins, Norman D. Riley: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . 1st edition. Paul Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-490-01918-0 .
- Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07573-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lionel G. Higgins, Norman D. Riley: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . 1st edition. Paul Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-490-01918-0 , pp. 294 .
- ^ Stanislav P. Abadjiev: An atlas of the distribution of the butterflies in Bulgaria. 335 S., Pensoft, Sofia 2001 Online at Google.books
- ↑ List of Butterflies of Israel, Mt Hermon, Sinai Peninsula and East Jordan ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Butterflies of Afghanistan: A Checklist (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- ↑ a b Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07573-7 , p. 267/8 .
- ↑ Tristan Lafranchis: Biologie, ecologie et repartition d'Erynnis marloyi (BOISDUVAL, 1834) en Grece (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Linneana Belgica, 19 (3): 135-139, Brussels 2003 ISSN 0024-4090
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V.
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (English)
- Erynnis marloyi at Fauna Europaea
- European Butterflies - site of Matt Rowling (English)
- Distribution of Erynnis marloyi in Turkey (Turkish)