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Zygaena rhadamanthus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Zygaenidae

Scientific name
  
Zygaena rhadamanthus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Zygaena

Rank
  
Species

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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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