Zygaena rhadamanthus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. rhadamanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena rhadamanthus (Esper, 1789) | |
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Zygaena rhadamanthus is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.[1]
The larvae feed on Onobrychis, Dorycnium pentaphyllum and Lotus species.[2] 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
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