LEPIDOPTERA

Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, [1839])
Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, [1839])

• TYPE LOCALITY. Sarepta [now the suburbs of Volgograd, lower Volga region].

• SYNONYMS: cynarae Boisduval, 1840.

• RANGE. S. Europe from Spain to the S. Urals, also the Caucasus and Asia Minor.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The S. European part to the Crimea and the S. Urals, Transcaucasia. Variation little.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Dry steppe habitats, stony slopes up to 2,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: July-August in a single generation.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. P. alveus, P. armoricanus: smaller, UPF white spots small and separate, UNH ground colour darker and without yellow tinge; genitalia different.

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 Pyrgus (right clasp):
1 - P. serratulae major (Nakhichevan);
2 - P. cinarae (Armenia);
3 - P. armoricanus persicus (Nakhichevan);
4 - P. alveus (Teberda, N. Caucasus);
5 - P. speyeri (S. Ussuri region);
6 - P.jupei (Nakhichevan)