Satyrium eximius

Satyrium eximius
Satyrium eximius in Seitz (72 h, i fixseni Leech)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Satyrium
Species:	S. eximius
Binomial name
Satyrium eximius (Fixsen, 1887)[1]

Satyrium eximius is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.

Subspecies

• S. e. eximia Ussuri, Korea
• S. e. zhejianganum Tong, 1994 Zhejiang
• S. e. mushanum Matsumura, 1929 Taiwan

Description from Seitz

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

T. eximia Fixs. (= affinis Stgr.) (72 h). Much larger [than w-album ] ; above with a large scent-patch in the male and a red spot on the anal lobe. The red anal band of the hindwing beneath is very distinct and its continuation forwards white, the tip of the tail also thinly white, ab. fixseni Leech (72 i) differs, besides themuch more variegated underside, in the forewing above bearing the yellowish red discal spot already mentioned in the other species, and in the anal markings of the hindwing above being larger. — Both forms, eximia and fixseni fly together in Amurland, Corea, Central and West China, Mongolia and Manchuria. They occur in August and are apparently not rare.[2]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Rhamnus diamantiaca

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

1. Fixsen, 1887 Lepidoptera aus Korea in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 233-356, pl. 13-15
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.