Tomares nogelii

Tomares nogelii is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Ukraine, Romania, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey to Armenia) that belongs to the blues family.

Tomares nogelii
Tomares nogelii in Seitz 75 e
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Tomares
Species:
T. nogelii
Binomial name
Tomares nogelii

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

T. nogelii H.-Schaff. (= nogellii Lang) (75 e). The smallest species, recognizable by the hindwing beneath bluish grey ornamented with red macular bands, which are dotted with black at their edges. In the typical form, from Asia Minor and Turkey, the forewing bears a red discal patch and the hind wing a red transverse spot before the anal area. — In the larger obscura Ruhl (75 e) the upperside is uniformly black-brown, except for some vestiges of red-yellow before the distal margin of the hindwing; from the Taurus and Armenia. Transitions to this form occur almost everywhere among the name-typical race— aurantiaca Stgr. (75 e) has the red-yellow of the upperside so enlarged that the forewing is orange-red with black margins. Asia Minor, especially in the district of Angora; Syria. — nesimachus Oberth. has even more red-yellow on the forewing, the black margin being interrupted by the fiery ground-colour or even reduced to marginal dots. Syria. — dobrogensis Car. (75 e) is a very large form from Roumania, which considerably surpasses in size even the otherwise similar obscura; found on Astragalus ponticus, on which probably the larva feeds. — In May and June, not rare, but flying so low that it is difficult to follow the small insect with the eyes (Staudinger).[2]

See also

References
  1. Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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