Zygaena exulans
Zygaena exulans | |
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Zygaena exulans feeding in northern Norway | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Zygaena |
Species: | Z. exulans |
Binomial name | |
Zygaena exulans (Reiner & Hohenwarth, 1792) | |
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Caterpillar

Preserved specimen
Zygaena exulans, the mountain burnet or Scotch burnet, is a moth of the Zygaenidae family.
This species exist in mountainous areas in central Europe, Scotland, Scandinavia and northern Russia.
Subspecies
- Zygaena exulans exulans (European Alps)
- Zygaena exulans abruzzina Burgeff, 1926
- Zygaena exulans apfelbecki Rebel, 1910
- Zygaena exulans pyrenaica Burgeff, 1926
- Zygaena exulans subochracea White, 1872
- Zygaena exulans vanadis Dalman, 1816
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