Zygaena minos is a member of the family Zygaenidae.

It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula and Norway.

[1] It is very similar to Zygaena purpuralis with which it forms a species complex and only separable by genital preparation or by the larval foodplant.

It flies in June and July.The white-gray larvae feed on Pimpinella saxifraga and Eryngium species.

The species is only found in a few places in Denmark, and the population there is slowly declining.