Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Melanargia | |
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Similar Lopinga deidamia, Melanargia titea, Melanargia arge, Melanargia larissa, Kirinia | ||
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.
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