LEPIDOPTERA

Erynnis marloyi (Boisduval, [1834])
Erynnis marloyi (Boisduval, [1834])

• TYPE LOCALITY. "en Moree" [Peloponnesos, S. Greece].

• SYNONYMS: sericea Freyer, [1838]; rustan Kollar, [1849]

• RANGE. From SE. Europe (Greece) across Asia Minor to Syria and S. Iran.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Armenian Highland and Kopet-Dagh. Variation relatively minor.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Dry stony slopes and rocky mountains up to 2,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: April-July in one or two generations depending on the altitude.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. E. tages: male with a costal fold, UNS lighter in colour and with white marginal points. E. pathan: smaller, UPS darker with markings less strongly contrasting, genitalia different (Fig. ).

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997

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Fig. Male genitalia of some Erynnis (clasp from outside): 1 - E. marloyi (S. Armenia), left clasp; 2 -id., right clasp; 3 - E. pathan (Darvazsky Mts.), left clasp (both clasps symmetrical)