Phengaris alcon

Phengaris alcon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Phengaris
Species: Phengaris alcon
Subspecies: P. a. alcon –P. a. arirang –P. a. kondakovi –P. a. sevastos –P. a. shaposhnikovi

Name

Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Type locality: Austria, Vienna.

Holotype: not located

Synonymy

• Papilio alcon Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 182.
• Lycaena rebeli Hirschke, 1904: 109, pl. 2, fig. 1,2.
• Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller); Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994: 173.
• Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller); Fric et al, 2007: 565.

References

• Bálint, Z. 1986. Further Studies on Maculinea alcon Den. & Sschiff., 1775 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Galathea 2: 92–108. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Denis, J.N.C.M. & Schiffermüller, I., 1775. Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend. Vienna, Bernardi. 322pp, 2 pl. Reference page. 
• Hirschke, H., 1904. Eine neue hochalpine Form der Lycaena alcon Fabricius, aus den steirischen Alpen. Jber. Wien ent. Ver. 11: 109-111, Pl.2 figs 1,2. Reference page. 
• Korb, S.K. 2010. New taxa of satyrids and blues (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Lycaenidae) from Kirghizia. Eversmannia 23–24: 10–16. Reference page. 
• Sibatani, A., Saigusa, T. & Hirowatari, T. 1994. The genus Maculinea van Eeke, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the East Palaearctic Region. Tyô-to-Ga 44(4): 157–220, 50 Figs. PDF. Reference page. 
• Tartally, A.; Koschuh, A.; Varga, Z. 2014: The re-discovered Maculinea rebeli (Hirschke, 1904): Host ant usage, parasitoid and initial food plant around the type locality with taxonomical aspects (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ZooKeys 406: 25-40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.406.7124 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Блакітніца алькон

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