Zygaena fraxini
Introduction '''''Zygaena fraxini''''' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.It is a Palearctic confined to Western Asia.
Technical description and variation (Seitz) ''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.
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