Zygaena fraxini

Zygaena fraxini is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.It is a Palearctic confined to Western Asia.

Zygaena fraxini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. fraxini
Binomial name
Zygaena fraxini Ménétriés, 1832
Synonyms
Zygaena scovitzii Ménétriés, 1832 Zygaena oribasus Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 Zygaena rognada Boisduval, 1848 Zygaena slabyiana Reiss, 1937

Technical description and variation (Seitz)

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

Z. fraxini Men. (= oribasus H.-Sch., carneolica Freyer, rogdana Boisd.) (7e) is the first of a series of species from Western and Central Asia. The 2 basal spots of the forewing are united to a large vivid red patch which occupies the entire basal area. Of the central pair of spots the lower one is always much the larger, if the two spots are not merged; the distal spots are united to a severally incised, often very irregular patch. The red spots are partly edged with white, the abdomen being always entirely black in the name-typical form. Armenia.— In perdita Stgr. [ Z. fraxini ssp. perdita Staudinger, 1887 ] from the Caucasus, the central spots are white, not being or scarcely centred with red, and the hindwing is broadly edged with black. — scovitzii Men. [Synonym for Z. fraxini Ménétriés, 1832 (7e) has a broad rosy red collar and sometimes a red abdominal belt, on the hindwing a small, black, usually triangular spot being attached to the middle of the narrow black distal margin; Persia and the Pamir.