Zygaena dorycnii

Zygaena dorycnii is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Armenia.

Zygaena dorycnii
Zygaena dorycnii on a flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. dorycnii
Binomial name
Zygaena dorycnii Ochsenheimer, 1808[1]
Synonyms
Anthrocera kertshensis Obraztsov, 1935 Zygaena ephialtes v. araratica Staudinger, 1871 Zygaena korbiana Reiss, 1935 Zygaena grusica Reiss, 1936 Zygaena hasankifensis Reiss, 1938

It has spots and a red belt, which does not reach all round the abdomen as in the otherwise similar peucedani, not being continued on the underside. — In senescens Stgr. [ now Zygaena ephialtes ssp. senescens Staudinger, 1887 ], from Tauria, the anterior basal spot of the forewing, the hindwing and the abdominal belt are dark rose-colour, the other spots of the forewing being white, with a yellow tint.

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus.^[2]

Subspecies

• Zygaena dorycnii dorycnii
• Zygaena dorycnii karabaghensis Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
• Zygaena dorycnii keredjensis Reiss, 1937
• Zygaena dorycnii kertshensis (Obraztsov, 1935)
• Zygaena dorycnii kubana Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
• Zygaena dorycnii teberdensis Reiss, 1936