Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Melitaea | |
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Similar Melitaea didymoides, Melitaea arcesia, Melitaea solona | ||
Melitaea protomedia is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Amur River basin in Russia and from central and eastern China to Korea and Japan. The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Veronica species.
Subspecies
References
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