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Zygaena rhadamanthus

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Zygaena rhadamanthus
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Z. rhadamanthus
Binomial name
Zygaena rhadamanthus
(Esper, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx rhadamanthus Esper, 1789
  • Zygaena staechadis Boisduval, 1834
  • Zygaena kiesenwetteri Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
  • Zygaena algarbiensis Christ, 1889
  • Zygaena ozureoides Reiss, 1953
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus cleui Dujardin, 1956
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus pyrenaea Verity, 1920
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus boixolsis Aistleitner, 1990

Zygaena rhadamanthus is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.[1]

The larvae feed on Onobrychis, Dorycnium pentaphyllum and Lotus species.[2] The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

  • Zygaena rhadamanthus rhadamanthus
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus alfacarensis Reiss, 1922
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus algarbiensis Christ, 1889
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus aragonia Tremewan, 1961 (Spain: provinces of Cuenca and Teruel)
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus aurargentea Mazel, 1979 (France: Pyrénées-Orientales, Spain: Barcelona and Girona)
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus azurea Burgeff, 1914 (France: départements of Var and Alpes-Maritimes)
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus caroniana Reiss, 1965
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus gredosica Reiss, 1936
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus grisea Oberthur, 1909 (south-eastern and southern-central France: from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes to Isère, Drôme, Ardèche, Vaucluse, Aveyron, Lot and Lozère)
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus guichardi Tremewan, 1991
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus isabelae Gonzalo Fidel, 1980
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus kiesenwetteri Herrich-Schaffer, 1852
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus rasura Agenjo, 1948
  • Zygaena rhadamanthus stygia Burgeff, 1914 (east of the River Var in Alpes-Maritimes in France to Imperia in Italy)

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