Zygaena carniolica, sometimes described as the crepuscular burnet or eastern burnet, is a member of the family Zygaenidae.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
Zygaena carniolica carniolica
Zygaena carniolica albarracina Staudinger, 1887
Zygaena carniolica amanda Reiss, 1921
Zygaena carniolica amistosa Aistleitner & Lencina Gutierrez, 1995
Zygaena carniolica apennina Turati, 1884
Zygaena carniolica berolinensis Lederer, 1853
Zygaena carniolica cruenta (Pallas, 1773) Zygaena carniolica demavendi Holik, 1936 Zygaena carniolica descimonti Lucas, 1959 Zygaena carniolica diniensis Herrich-Schaffer, 1852 Zygaena carniolica flaveola (Esper, 1786) Zygaena carniolica graeca Staudinger, 1870 Zygaena carniolica hedysari (Hübner, 1796) Zygaena carniolica leonhardi Reiss, 1921 Zygaena carniolica magdalenae Abeille, 1909 Zygaena carniolica modesta Burgeff, 1914 (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany. Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland) Zygaena carniolica moraulti Holik, 1938 Zygaena carniolica piatkowskii de Freina, 2006 Zygaena carniolica rhaeticola Burgeff, 1926 Zygaena carniolica roccii Verity, 1920 Zygaena carniolica siciliana Reiss, 1921 Zygaena carniolica virginea (Muller, 1766) Zygaena carniolica wiedemannii Menetries, 1839
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe, except Britain Isles and northern Scandinavia. It is also present from Asia Minor to Iran.
Habitat
It inhabits warm and dry areas, grasslands and limestone substrate, steppe slopes and dry pastures.
Description
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Forewings are bluish-black with six red spots surrounded by yellow. Hindwings have a red color with a black border. The outer spots are often in the shape of a crescent. The abdomen is black-blue, sometimes with a red belt. The caterpillar is light green with a series of triangular black spots on the sides of the body. Pupae are black-brown, with a white or yellowish ovoid cocoon.
This species is rather similar to Zygaena algira, Zygaena maroccana, Zygaena occitanica, Zygaena orana and Zygaena youngi.