Boloria selenis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Boloria
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Boloria selenis is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Volga basin to Japan.

The wingspan is 35–48 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. In the Ussuri region there are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and from the end of July to September.

The larvae feed on Viola species.

Subspecies

B. s. selenis (southern Urals, Volga valley)

B. s. sibirica (Erschoff, 1870) (Siberia, Amur)

B. s. samkoi (Sheljuzhko, 1931) (Polar Urals, Yamal Peninsula)

B. s. kononovi (Kurentzov, 1970) (north-eastern Siberia)

B. s. chosensis (Matsumura, 1925) (Ussuri)

B. s. onorensis (Matsumura, 1925) (Sakhalin)

References

Boloria selenis Wikipedia

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