Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi

Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi is a small butterfly found in Russia and the East Palearctic that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The larva feeds on Spiraea japonica. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1853.

Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi
Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi in row f, 4th image by Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Ahlbergia
Species:
A. frivaldszkyi
Binomial name
Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi
(Lederer, 1853)

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

In 1909, Adalbert Seitz wrote:

frivaldszkyi Led. (= coerulescens Motsch.) (72 f). Above blackish brown, dusted with bluish grey, particularly at the base, male with a very small yellow scent-patch at the edge of the cell; hindwing with curved median bands which form the border of the darker basal area. Extending from the Altai through Central Asia, Siberia and Mongolia to Amurland. — ferrea Btlr. (= frivaldszkyi Pryer) (72 f) is the eastern form from Corea and Japan; it is larger, the upperside being more evenly dusted with iron-grey to the margin and the orange-yellow scent-patch of the male being much larger. Not rare from March into June; the butterflies belong in Japan to the very first species in the spring.[1]

  • Ahlbergia ferrea

See also

References
  1. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
  • Savela, Markku. "Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi (Lederer, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 3, 2018.


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