Zygaena purpuralis | (Brünnich, 1763) |
Habitat
- Dry sunny slopes
- Steppes
- Sunny, grassy slopes
- Xerophilous steppes
Similar species
28 - 35 mm
- Local names
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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
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Lamiaceae Thymus praecox Mother-of-Thyme Lamiaceae Thymus pulegioides Broad-leaved thyme Lamiaceae Thymus serpyllum Wild Thyme
PDO error
- Subspecies
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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:
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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
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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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