'' Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus'' is a small
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
found in the East
Palearctic that belongs to the
lycaenids or blues family.
Subspecies
*''C. s. smaragdinus'' Ussuri, China (Shaanxi, Sichuan)
*''C. s. abaensis''
Dantchenko , 2000 China
*''C. s. doerriesi''
Dantchenko , 2000 Sakhalin
*''C. s. odakae''
(Watari, 1929) Japan (Honshu)
*''C. s. amoenus''
(Murayama, 1954) Japan (Honshu)
*''C. s. esakii''
(Umeno, 1937) Japan
*''C. s. luxurians''
(Murayama, 1953) Japan (Honshu)
*''C. s. sikongensis''
(Murayama, 1955) China
*''C. s. yunnanensis''
(Howarth, 1957) West China (N.Yunnan)
Description from Seitz
Z. Smaragdina Brem. As said above, hardly different from ''Chrysozephyrus brillantina, brillantina'' on the upperside, at least no
reliable differences have ever been mentioned. Therefore a figure of the upper surface would have been the same as that of ''brillantina'', whose golden gloss does not nearly come up to that of the actual specimens. But the pale, more dust-grey, underside distinguishes it from the preceding species, as also does a transverse line on the hindwing which is placed far proximally from the usual band. However, the main difference lies in the larva , which is yellow instead of brown , with distinctly contrasting black stigma-dots on segments 1 and 4 to 11; on cherry, according to Graeser also on ''
Quercus mongolica
''Quercus mongolica'', commonly known as Mongolian oak, is a species of oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The commo ...
'', very plentiful in certain years, but a large proportion (90%) infested by ''Tachina''. The butterflies are consequently much rarer than the caterpillars; they fly in July and August and settle on twigs of shrubs at road-sides. — With certainty only known from Amurland and North China; the records from other countries are doubtful, as the insect may possibly have been confounded with other green species.
Biology
The larva feeds on ''
Cerasus glandulosa'', ''
Cerasus'' spp., ''
Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, Cherry, cherries, peaches, Peach#Nectarine, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of Sou ...
'' spp.( ''P. sargentii. P. matsumurana, P. verecunda, P. padus, P. jamasakura, P. buergeriana, P. donarium, P. yedoensis, P. subhirtella''), ''
Quercus mongolica
''Quercus mongolica'', commonly known as Mongolian oak, is a species of oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The commo ...
'' , ''
Carpinus laxiflora
Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the flowering plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The 30–40 species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Origin of names
The common English name ''hornbea ...
'', ''
Celtis sinensis''
[Shirôzu, 1962, Tyô to Ga]
See also
*
List of butterflies of Russia
This is a list of butterflies of Russia. About 540 species are known from Russia. The butterflies (mostly diurnal) and moths (mostly nocturnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
The history of lepidopterology in Russia is conne ...
References
Theclinae
Butterflies described in 1861
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Otto Vasilievich Bremer
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