Appearance
The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.Naming
*''Zygaena sarpedon sarpedon''⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon algecirensis'' Reiss, 1927
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon balearica'' Boisduval, [1828]
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon hispanica'' Rambur, 1866
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon carmencita'' Oberthur, 1910
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon confluenta'' Reiss, 1927
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon hispanica'' Rambur, 1866
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon leuzensis'' Dujardin, 1956
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon lusitanica'' Reiss, 1936
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon pictonorum'' Bernardi & Viette 1959
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon variabilis'' Burgeff 1926
⤷ ''Zygaena sarpedon xerophila'' Dujardin 1956
Food
The larvae feed on ''Eryngium'' species, including ''Eryngium campestre'', ''Eryngium bourgatti'' and ''Eryngium maritimum''. Larvae can be found from April to May in Italy. Pupation takes place in a blackish-brown pupa in a whitish cocoon spun on the underside of the host plant, under rocks or in low vegetation.References:
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