Satyrium prunoides

Satyrium prunoides is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri), Mongolia, north-eastern China and Korea.[2]

Satyrium prunoides
73d in Adalbert Seitz' Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species:
S. prunoides
Binomial name
Satyrium prunoides
Synonyms
  • Thecla prunoides Staudinger, 1887
  • Thecla fulva Fixsen, 1887
  • Thecla fulvofenestrata Fixsen, 1887

The larvae feed on Spiraea species (including Spiraea media).

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

T. prunoides Stgr. (73 d). Smaller than pruni the male above usually quite unicolorous, without any anal red. The white line on the hindwing beneath more distinct, straighter and at the costa a little nearer the base, male without scent-spot. — from the Altai eastward, in Amurland, Corea and probably also Japan [3]

References
  1. Staudinger, 1887 Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-Gebiete in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3: 126-232, pl. 6-12, 16-17
  2. Savela, Markku (March 21, 2019). "Satyrium prunoides (Staudinger, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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