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Melitaea didymoides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Melitaea

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Similar
  
Melitaea arcesia, Melitaea solona, Melitaea protomedia

Melitaea didymoides is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Russia (Transbaikalia to the Amur and Ussuri regions) as well as in Mongolia and China. The habitat consists of dry meadows and xerothermic slopes with thin vegetation.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

Subspecies

  • Melitaea didymoides didymoides (southern Tuva, Transbaikalia, Amur)
  • Melitaea didymoides yagakuana Matsumura, 1927 (southern Ussuri)
  • Melitaea didymoides pekinensis Seitz, [1909] (northern China)
  • Melitaea didymoides latonia Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (central China)
  • Melitaea didymoides eupatides Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Gansu)
  • Melitaea didymoides hummeli Bryk, 1940 (southern Mongolia)

    • References

    Melitaea didymoides Wikipedia
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