• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Royal Burnet
  Español	Gitanilla real
  Français	Zygène du Panicaut
  Polski	Kraśnik serpentynowiec

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Zygaena balearica	Boisduval, 1828
  Zygaena bethunei	Reiss, 1927
  Zygaena escorialica	Reiss, 1936
  Zygaena zapateri	Reiss, 1936
  Zygaena althetica	Reiss, 1966
  Zygaena benidormica	Reiss, 1966
  Zygaena andorica	G. & H. Reiss, 1976

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon algecirensis	Reiss, 1927
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon balearica	Boisduval, 1828
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon carmencita	Oberthür, 1910
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon confluenta	Reiss, 1927
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon hispanica	Rambur, 1866
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon leuzensis	Dujardin, 1956
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon lusitanica	Reiss, 1936
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon pictonorum	Bernardi & Viette, 1959
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon sarpedon	(Hübner, 1790)
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon variabilis	Burgeff, 1926
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon xerophila	Dujardin, 1956

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

• Species	Author
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) aurata	Blachier, 1905
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) contaminei	Boisduval, 1834
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) favonia	Freyer, [1844]
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) loyselis	Oberthür, 1876
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) punctum	Ochsenheimer, 1808
  Zygaena (Mesembrynus) sarpedon	(Hübner, 1790)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Lepidoptera and their ecology	Wolfgang Wagner
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa	Paolo Mazzei
  	Plants parasites of Europe	Willem N. Ellis

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