| Zygaena dorycnii | |
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| Zygaena dorycnii on a flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. dorycnii |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena dorycnii Ochsenheimer, 1808 | |
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Zygaena dorycnii is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Armenia.
It has spots and a red belt, which does not reach all round the abdomen as in the otherwise similar peucedani, not being continued on the underside. — In senescens Stgr. , from Tauria, the anterior basal spot of the forewing, the hindwing and the abdominal belt are dark rose-colour, the other spots of the forewing being white, with a yellow tint.
The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus.
Subspecies
- Zygaena dorycnii dorycnii
- Zygaena dorycnii karabaghensis Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
- Zygaena dorycnii keredjensis Reiss, 1937
- Zygaena dorycnii kertshensis (Obraztsov, 1935)
- Zygaena dorycnii kubana Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
- Zygaena dorycnii teberdensis Reiss, 1936
References
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