• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  Česky	Vřetenuška mateřídoušková
  Dansk	Timiankøllesværmer
  Deutsch	Thymian-Widderchen
  English	Transparent Burnet
  Español	Gitanilla púrpura
  Français	Zygène du Serpolet
  Français	Zygène pourpre
  Lietuvių	Purpurinis marguolis
  Magyar	Bíboros csüngőlepke
  Nederlands	Streep-sint-jansvlinder
  Polski	Kraśnik purpuraczek
  Slovenčina	Vretienka dúšková
  Slovenščina	Škrlatni ovnič
  Русский	Пестрянка пурпурная
  Українська	Красик пурпуровий
  ქართული	ალისფერი ჭრელურა
  العربية	بزة أرجوانية
  زبان_فارسی	جنگل‌بان ارغوانی

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis austronubigena	(Vérity, 1946)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis caledonensis	Reiss, 1931
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis dojranica	Burgeff, 1926
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis fiorii	Constantini, 1916
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis isarca	Vérity, 1922
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis lathyri	Boisduval, 1828
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis magnalpina	Vérity, 1922
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis mirabilis	Vérity, 1922
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis nubigena	Lederer, 1853
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis purpuralis	(Brünnich, 1763)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis sabulosa	Tremewan, 1976
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis segontii	Tremewan, 1958
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis tianschanica	Burgeff, 1926

• Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis is a member of the clade Zygaena purpuralis:

• Species	Author
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) alpherakyi	(Sheljuzhko, 1936)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae	(Esper, 1800)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cambysea	Lederer, 1870
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) erythrus	(Hübner, 1806)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) minos	(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) pseudorubincundus	Klir & Naumann, 2002
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis	(Brünnich, 1763)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) rubicundus	(Hübner, 1817)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Lepidoptera and their ecology	Wolfgang Wagner
  	Lepidoptera of Crimea	Владимир Савчук
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa	Paolo Mazzei
  	Plants parasites of Europe	Willem N. Ellis
  	Schmetterling - Raupe	Walter Schön
  	Suffolk Moths	Tony Prichard
  	UK Moths	Ian Kimber

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