Zygaena rhadamanthus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Zygaenidae Scientific name Zygaena rhadamanthus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Zygaena Rank Species

Similar Zygaena lavandulae, Zygaena romeo, Zygaena occitanica, Zygaena hilaris, Zygaena erythrus

Zygaena rhadamanthus is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

The larvae feed on Onobrychis, Dorycnium pentaphyllum and Lotus species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

Zygaena rhadamanthus rhadamanthus

Zygaena rhadamanthus alfacarensis Reiss, 1922

Zygaena rhadamanthus algarbiensis Christ, 1889

Zygaena rhadamanthus aragonia Tremewan, 1961 (Spain: provinces of Cuenca and Teruel)

Zygaena rhadamanthus aurargentea Mazel, 1979 (France: Pyrénées-Orientales, Spain: Barcelona and Girona)

Zygaena rhadamanthus azurea Burgeff, 1914 (France: départements of Var and Alpes-Maritimes)

Zygaena rhadamanthus caroniana Reiss, 1965

Zygaena rhadamanthus gredosica Reiss, 1936

Zygaena rhadamanthus grisea Oberthur, 1909 (south-eastern and southern-central France: from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes to Isère, Drôme, Ardèche, Vaucluse, Aveyron, Lot and Lozère)

Zygaena rhadamanthus guichardi Tremewan, 1991

Zygaena rhadamanthus isabelae Gonzalo Fidel, 1980

Zygaena rhadamanthus kiesenwetteri Herrich-Schaffer, 1852

Zygaena rhadamanthus rasura Agenjo, 1948

Zygaena rhadamanthus stygia Burgeff, 1914 (east of the River Var in Alpes-Maritimes in France to Imperia in Italy)

References

Zygaena rhadamanthus Wikipedia

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