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Species of butterfly

Satyrium herzi
73d in Adalbert Seitz' Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species: S. herzi
Binomial name
Satyrium herzi
(Fixsen, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Thecla herzi Fixsen, 1887
  • Strymon herzi
  • Fixsenia herzi

Satyrium herzi is a butterfly of the subfamily Lycaeninae. It was described by Johann Heinrich Fixsen in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), north-eastern China and Korea.

The larvae feed on Malus mandschurica, Malus baccata and Malus pallasiana.

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

T. herzi Fixs. (= phellodendri Stgr. i. I.) (73d). Hindwing tailless, two teeth above the anal angle. Upperside unicolorous, the male with a pale scent-spot. Underside traversed by two rows of black-centred ocelli, there being a similar spot at the apex of the cell. Hindwing beneath with small red anal band. Fixsen has proposed the names ab. fulva and ab. fulvofenestrata for specimens with a more or less large futvo- yellow discal patch on the forewing. — Amurland, Corea. Larva velvety, uniformly dark green, beneath more bluish green, with the head glossy black. In June adult on Pyrus. Pupa light green, with a brownish violet saddle-spot (Graeser). The butterfly appears in July, flying particularly about the twigs of Phellodendron amurense.

References

  1. Fixsen, 1887 Lepidoptera aus Korea in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3: 233-356, pl. 13-15
  2. Savela, Markku (March 21, 2019). "Satyrium herzi (Fixsen, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
Taxon identifiers
Satyrium herzi


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