Aglais ichnusa
Appearance
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Aglais ichnusa in Seitz (62f ) | |
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Aglais ichnusa is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.It is endemic to Corsica and Sardinia.[2]
Description from Seitz
— ichnusa Bon. (62f ) is distinguished particularly by the less angulate wings, the deeper red ground-colour, and usually by the absence of the discal and hindmarginal spots of the forewing. Closely allied to the following race [turcica Stgr. now Aglais urticae turcica (Staudinger, 1871)], transitions from the nymotypical subspecies to ichnusa occur in the southern districts of the latter. Sardinia, Corsica.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Bonelli (1826): Descrizione di sei nuove specie d'insetti dell'ordine dei Lepidotteri diurni, raccolte in Sardegna dal Sig. Cav. Alberto Della-Marmora negli anni 1822 e 1823. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 30: 171-188, pl. I-III. Torino (Stamperia Reale).
- ^ IUCN red list
- ^ 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.