Melanargia epimede

Melanargia epimede is an East Palaearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in Ukraine, East Mongolia, Northeast China, Korea and Japan. The larva on feeds on Agrostis clavata.

Description in Seitz: " meridionalis Fldr. (= epimede Stgr. (39 c) is a large form which is broadly black above and appears to occur chiefly at Ning-po and Kiu-kiang. The ocelli of the underside especially are enormously developed. — An aberration which is melanotic on both surfaces, bearing only reduced whitish smears between the veins on the otherwise quite dark wings, is ab. lugens Honr. (39 d) ; it is known from Central China.