Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Nymphalinae → tribe Nymphalini → genus Nymphalis → species Nymphalis xanthomelas

Species name(s)

Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781) = Vanessa xanthomelas = Papilio xanthomelas Esper, 1781 = Vanessa cibinensis Dannehl, 1925. [9, 10, 85, 187]

Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #18. Nizhneobsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Larva lifespan

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Imago.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Vanessa xanthomelas. [85].

Distribution

Austria, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Denmark, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland ), Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, East Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, West Yakut, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelian,Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Nizhneobsky, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, North Okhotsk Sea, the North-Ural, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril,South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Ареал — средняя Европа, Сибирь. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Внешне схожа с многоцветницей, но отличается от нее наличием белого пятна между темной каймой и темным пятном у вершины крыльев. [85].

Imago lifespan

March [PC910].
March April May [99].
Лёт с июня по июль. [85].

General info about Larva

Личинки Nymphalis xanthomelas черные, с белыми точечками и белыми же полосками по спине и бокам, носят черные шипы. Живут в группах. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Salix, Populus. [28].
Ива. [85].

Larva lifespan

С мая по июнь. [85].

Pupa

Куколка красновато-бурого цвета, без металлических пятен. [85].

Subspecies of Nymphalis xanthomelas

Nymphalis xanthomelas anna Krzywicki, 1967. [9]
N. x. fervescens (Stichel, [1908]). [9]
N. x. formosana (Matsumura, 1925). [9]
N. x. hazara Wyatt & Omoto, 1966. [9]
N. x. japonica (Stichel, 1902). [9]
N. x. modesta Bryk, 1946. [9]
N. x. mongolica Bryk, 1946. [9]
N. x. xanthomelas. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Sazykin, Yuri Semejkin.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Anatoliy Kuzmin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[99] http://babochki-kavkaza.ru/
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC910] Anatoliy Kuzmin